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penniform

UK/ˈpɛnɪfɔːm/

penniform adjective: feather-shaped.

Adjective

penniform

  1. Feather-shaped.
    • Penniform symbols were inscribed on the wall of the cave.

Noun

penniform (plural penniforms)

  1. A symbol that is shaped like a feather.
    • Even in the palaeolithic periods symbols abound such as cup markings, tectiforms, penniforms, groups of dots, rectangles, lattice designs, symbolic vulvas, and so on.1970, Stuart Macdonald, The History and Philosophy of Art Education, Lutterworth Press, published 2004, page 335
    • Startlingly, the much earlier Blombos cave engravings clearly fit neatly into several of Von Petzinger's categories: lines, crosshatching, cruciforms, penniforms, and perhaps others.2011, Pat Shipman, The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human, page 145

penniform meaning in Tamil

penniform in Tamil

இறகு உரு, சிறகுஉரு

Forms of penniform

pluralpenniforms

Origin of penniform

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

Words formed from penniform

Questions about penniform

What does penniform mean?
Penniform means feather-shaped.
What is penniform in Tamil?
Penniform in Tamil is இறகு உரு, சிறகுஉரு. See Penniform meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is penniform?
Penniform can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce penniform?
Penniform is pronounced /ˈpɛnɪfɔːm/ (UK).

Words near penniform in the dictionary

  1. pennies
  2. pennies on the dollar
  3. penniferous
  4. Pennifold
  5. Pennifolds
  6. penniform
  7. penniforms
  8. pennigerous
  9. penniless
  10. penniless-bench
  11. penniless-benches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penniform (page history and authors); penniform (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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