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Pinnas :: Pinnas (pl. ) of Pinn.

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

Pinnae :: Pinnae (pl. ) of Pinn.

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..

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..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc..

Pinnace :: Pinnace (n.) A man-of-war's boat.

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

Paripinnate :: Paripinnate (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

Pari- :: Pari- () A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate..

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

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

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

Jugum :: Jugum (n.) A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Penninerved :: Penninerved (a.) Pinnately veined or nerved.

Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long..

Rowan Tree :: Rowan tree () A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia)..

Pinnatiped :: Pinnatiped (n.) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.

Pinnately :: Pinnately (adv.) In a pinnate manner.

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

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