Pinnated grouse(Zoöl.), the prairie chicken.

Pinnately
(Pin"nate*ly) adv. In a pinnate manner.

Pinnatifid
(Pin*nat"i*fid) a. [L. pinnatus feathered + root of findere to split: cf. F. pinnatifide.] (Bot.) Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.

Pinnatilobate
(Pin*nat`i*lo"bate) a. [See Pinnate, and Lobate.] (Bot.) Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.

Pinnatiped
(Pin*nat"i*ped) a. [L. pinnatus feathered + pes, pedis foot: cf. F. pinnatipède.] (Zoöl.) Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds.

Pinnatiped
(Pin*nat"i*ped), n. (Zoöl.) Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.

Pinner
(Pin"ner) n.

1. One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins.

2. (Costume) (a) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets. (b) An apron with a bib; a pinafore. (c) A cloth band for a gown. [Obs.]

With kerchief starched, and pinners clean.
Gay.

3. A pin maker.

Pinner
(Pin"ner), n. [See Pin to pound.] One who pins or impounds cattle. See Pin, v. t. [Obs.]

Pinnet
(Pin"net) n. A pinnacle. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Pinniform
(Pin"ni*form) a. [L. pinna feather, fin + -form.] Shaped like a fin or feather. Sir J. Hill.

Pinnigrada
(||Pin`ni*gra"da) n. pl. [NL., fr. pinna a feather + gradi to walk, move.] (Zoöl.) Same as Pinnipedia.

Pinnigrade
(Pin"ni*grade) n. (Zoöl.) An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve as paddles.

Pinniped
(Pin"ni*ped) n. [L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. pinnipède.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. (b) One of the Pinnipedes.

Pinnipedes
(||Pin*nip"e*des) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Steganopodes.

Pinnipedia
(||Pin`ni*pe"di*a) n. pl. [NL. So called because their webbed feet are used as paddles or fins.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; — opposed to Fissipedia.

Pinnock
(Pin"nock) n. [Of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) (a) The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The tomtit.

Pinnate
(Pin"nate Pin"na*ted) a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See Pin a peg, Pen feather.]

1. (Bot.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.

2. (Zoöl.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

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