Pennaceous definitions

pennaceous

featherlike
Found on http://phrontistery.info/p.html

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Pennaceous

• (a.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pennaceous/

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Pennaceous

Pen'na'ceous adjective (Zoology) Like or pertaining to a normal feather.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/47

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pennaceous

pennaceous, penniform Like a plume or feather. Pennaceous feathers have a central shaft (or rachis, 'main axis or shaft') with vanes branching off to either side. These vanes are also called 'barbs', that are connected to one another with barbules (pointed projections), or tiny strands that criss-cross to form a kind of mesh that holds all the ba...
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pennaceous

Describes a flat feather with distinct vanes.
Found on https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/bird-academys-a-to-z-glossary-of-bird-ter

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