Feathered; resembling a feather. ... Synonym: penniform. ... Origin: L. Pennatus, fr. Penna, feather ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
(pen;at) Pertaining to a skeletal muscle fiber arrangement in which the fibers are attached to tendinous slips in a featherlike pattern. Found on http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml
Latin penna = feather; hence, a muscle whose fibres approach the tendon from one direction is unipennate; from two, bipennate, and from more than two, multipennate. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21450