longipennate

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adjective

Having long wings or quills

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Meanings

adjectivelongipennate (comparative more longipennate, superlative most longipennate)

comparative more longipennate · superlative most longipennate

  1. biologyHaving long wings or quills
    1. biologyHaving wings that, when folded, extend past the end of the tail.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
longipennine

Origin

From Latin longus (“long”) + pennate, from penna (“a wing”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of longipinnate.

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APA

longipennate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longipennate

MLA

“longipennate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longipennate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “longipennate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/longipennate.

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