pennate

See also: penate

English

Etymology

From Latin pennātus.

Adjective

pennate (not comparable)

1. (sciences) Having a feather-like shape
   • 2008 November 26, Adrian Marchetti et al., “Ferritin is used for iron storage in bloom-forming marine pennate diatoms”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7228, →DOI:

     Addition of iron to surface waters in these areas induces massive phytoplankton blooms dominated primarily by pennate diatoms.

Noun

pennate (plural pennates)

1. (anatomy) A penniform muscle

See also

• pennate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pentane

Italian

Adjective

pennate f pl

1. feminine plural of pennato

Anagrams

• penante

Latin

Adjective

pennāte

1. vocative masculine singular of pennātus