Etymology

pennaceous

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Today it means: having the structure of a normal feather Full definition →

Latin penna
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompenna“feather”
  2. English todaypennaceous

From Latin penna (“feather”) + -aceous.

Words from the same roots

Latinpenna all →

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