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pennaceous

pennaceous adjective: having the structure of a normal feather.

Adjective

pennaceous (comparative more pennaceous, superlative most pennaceous)

  1. having the structure of a normal feather

Forms of pennaceous

comparativemore pennaceous
superlativemost pennaceous

Origin of pennaceous

From Latin penna (“feather”) + -aceous.

Questions about pennaceous

What does pennaceous mean?
Pennaceous means having the structure of a normal feather.
What part of speech is pennaceous?
Pennaceous is an adjective.

Words near pennaceous in the dictionary

  1. penn'orths
  2. Penn.
  3. penna
  4. Penna.
  5. pennable
  6. pennaceous
  7. Pennacock
  8. Pennacook
  9. pennae
  10. pennage
  11. pennages

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