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Pinna :: Pinna (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity..

Pinna :: Pinna (n.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.

Squab :: Spyne (n.) See Pinnace, n., 1 (a)..

Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous..

Pennated :: Pennated (a.) Same as Pinnate.

Pinnas :: Pinnas (pl. ) of Pinn.

Pinnace :: Pinnace (n.) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne..

Sapindus :: Sapindus (n.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces..

Tor :: Tor (n.) High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.

Poinciana :: Poinciana (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments..

Bipinnate :: Bipinnate (a.) Alt. of Bipinnate.

Pinnulate :: Pinnulate (a.) Having each pinna subdivided; -- said of a leaf, or of its pinnae..

Pinnage :: Pinnage (n.) Poundage of cattle. See Pound.

Gougeshell :: Gougeshell (n.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus..

Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..

Pinnacling :: Pinnacling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinnacl.

Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..

Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern..

Tripinnate :: Tripinnate (a.) Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

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