longipinnate

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adjective

Having long, extended flippers.

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Meanings

adjectivelongipinnate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving long, extended flippers.
nounlongipinnate (plural longipinnates)

plural longipinnates

  1. An ichthyosaur having such flippers.

Origin

From Latin longus (“long”) + pinnate, from pinna (“a fin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of longipennate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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