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pinniform

pinniform adjective: shaped like a fin or feather.

Adjective

pinniform (comparative more pinniform, superlative most pinniform)

  1. Shaped like a fin or feather.
    • The Blennius , with pinniform and bifid cirri under the throat , and with transverse areolæ on the back1752, John Hill, A General Natural History

Forms of pinniform

comparativemore pinniform
superlativemost pinniform

Origin of pinniform

From Latin pinna (“feather, fin”) + -form.

Questions about pinniform

What does pinniform mean?
Pinniform means shaped like a fin or feather.
What part of speech is pinniform?
Pinniform is an adjective.

Words near pinniform in the dictionary

  1. pinnids
  2. pinnie
  3. pinnied
  4. pinnies
  5. pinniferous
  6. pinniform
  7. pinnigerous
  8. pinnigrade
  9. pinnigrades
  10. pinninervate
  11. pinninerved

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