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latipinnate

latipinnate adjective: having broad, relatively short flippers.

Adjective

latipinnate (not comparable)

  1. Having broad, relatively short flippers.

Noun

latipinnate (plural latipinnates)

  1. An ichthyosaur having such flippers.

Forms of latipinnate

plurallatipinnates

Origin of latipinnate

From Latin lātus (“broad, large”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Questions about latipinnate

What does latipinnate mean?
Latipinnate means having broad, relatively short flippers.
What part of speech is latipinnate?
Latipinnate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near latipinnate in the dictionary

  1. Latinxes
  2. Latinxness
  3. Latinxs
  4. Latinxua
  5. lation
  6. latipinnate
  7. latipinnates
  8. latirostrate
  9. Latis
  10. latiscopid
  11. latiscopids

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