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Definition of pennaceous - 2 dictionary results

pen⋅na⋅ceous

  [puh-ney-shuhs]
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–adjective
having the texture of a penna; not downy.
Origin:
1855–60; < NL pennāceus. See penna, -aceous
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pen·na   (pěn'ə)   
n.   pl. pen·nae (pěn'ē)
A contour feather of a bird, as distinguished from a down feather or a plume.

[Latin, feather; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
pen·na'ceous (pě-nā'shəs) adj.
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