Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a feather; penniform.
- Like a fin or flipper: as, the pinniform wing of the penguin.
- Pinnate in form, in any sense; alate; lobate; auriculate.
- Resembling a mollusk of the genus Pinna.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shaped like a fin or feather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Shaped like a
fin orfeather .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin pinna feather, fin + -form.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pinniform.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.