Meanings
- not comparableHaving a vane or vanes.
More spectacularly, the end of Protoarchaeopteryx's tail sported a fan of feathers that are vaned, suggesting the presence of barbules.
2001 January 12, Erik Stokstad, “THE FOSSILS: Exquisite Chinese Fossils Add New Pages to Book of Life”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, →DOI, pages 232–236
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vaned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaned
“vaned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vaned. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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