pennate

pennate
Feathered; resembling a feather. SYN: penniform. [L. pennatus, fr. penna, feather]

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pen·nate 'pen-.āt adj having a structure like that of a feather esp being a muscle in which fibers extend obliquely from either side of a central tendon

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pen·nate (penґāt) penniform.

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