pinna
[pin-uh]
- Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Zoology.
- a feather, wing, or winglike part.
- a fin or flipper.
- Anatomy. auricle(def 1a).
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Origin of pinna
1660–70; < Latin: feather, wing, fin
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Historical Examples
Pinna bullata, Swainson (Fig. 168), is also a well-known species.
The Ocean World:Louis Figuier
Gloves have been made from the byssal fibers of Pinna mixed with silk.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tideAugusta Foote Arnold
They are found in an oyster which is something like the pinna, only less.
Pinna, a primary division with its leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf.
The Elements of BotanyAsa Gray
It inclines the pinna outwards; it is, accordingly, an abductor of the pinna.
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
pinna
- any leaflet of a pinnate compound leaf
- zoology a feather, wing, fin, or similarly shaped part
- another name for auricle (def. 2)
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Word Origin
C18: via New Latin from Latin: wing, feather, fin
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pinna
(pĭn′ə)- auricle
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pinna
[pĭn′ə]
- A leaflet or primary division of a pinnately compound leaf, especially of a fern frond.
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