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pinnula

American

[pin-yuh-luh] / ˈpɪn jə lə /

noun

a pinnule.
a barb of a feather.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

pinnulae

plural

Etymology

Origin of pinnula

1740–50; < Latin, diminutive of pinna pinna; see -ule

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