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pinnules

pinnules is the plural of pinnule.

Meaning of pinnule

Noun

pinnule (plural pinnules)

  1. Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet.
  2. A part or an organ which resembles the barb of a feather, particularly the side branches on the stalks of crinoids; Any of the lateral divisions of the finger-like stalks of an encrinite.

Questions about pinnules

What is pinnules the plural of?
Pinnules is the plural of pinnule.

Words near pinnules in the dictionary

  1. pinnular
  2. pinnulas
  3. pinnulate
  4. pinnulated
  5. pinnule
  6. pinnules
  7. pinnulet
  8. pinnulets
  9. pinny
  10. Pinny Beach
  11. pinnywinkles

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