Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Mollusca, same as
bipectinate , 2. - Having two wings: as, “bipennated insects,”
- In botany, same as
bipinnate , .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having two wings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine, anatomy, zoology Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a
muscle , thefibres of which attach to atendon on two sides (as a feather barbed on both sides). - adjective botany, of leaves
Bipinnate (pinnate and having a pinnate leaflet).
Etymologies
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From bi- + pennate.
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Examples
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A modification of this condition is found where oblique fibers converge to both sides of a central tendon; these are called bipennate, and an example is afforded in the Rectus femoris.
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Martian humanity is, in fact, a race of sextuple origin; but it is, at present, biped, bimanous and what may be called bipennate, since those beings have two wings.
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(Umbelliferous) order, though similarly styled because its leaves are likewise bipennate.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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