impennate
English
Adjective
impennate (not comparable)
- (zoology, archaic) Characterized by short wings unsuitable for flying, covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impennate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Noun
impennate f
- plural of impennata
Etymology 2
Verb
impennate
- inflection of impennare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 3
Participle
impennate f pl
- feminine plural of impennato