Pin"nate (?), Pin"na*ted (?), a. [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See Pin a peg, Pen feather.]
1. Bot.
Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.
2. Zool.
Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.
Pinnated grouse Zool., the prairie chicken.
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