impennate

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English

Adjective

impennate (comparative more impennate, superlative most impennate)

  1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

impennate f

  1. plural of impennata

Etymology 2

Verb

impennate

  1. inflection of impennare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

impennate f pl

  1. feminine plural of impennato
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