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pennate

American  
[pen-eyt] / ˈpɛn eɪt /
Often pennated

adjective

  1. winged; feathered.

pennate British  
/ ˈpɛneɪt /

adjective

  1. having feathers, wings, or winglike structures

  2. another word for pinnate

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Etymology

Origin of pennate

From the Latin word pennātus, dating back to 1695–1705. See penna, -ate 1

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Their goal was to better understand the three-dimensional dynamics of fascicles during stretching, particularly in pennate muscles.

From Science Daily

The foliaceous expansions of osmotic growths are formed by colonies of cells or vesicles disposed in regular lines, which may present various patterns of innervation, parallel, palmate, or pennate.

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