Usually means: Feather-like arrangement of muscle fibers.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. penniform: Collins English Dictionary
  2. penniform: Wordnik
  3. penniform: Wiktionary
  4. penniform: Dictionary.com
  5. Penniform: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. penniform: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Penniform: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. penniform: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. penniform: FreeDictionary.org
  10. penniform: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. Penniform: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. penniform: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. penniform: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Feather-shaped.
▸ noun:  (archaeology) A symbol that is shaped like a feather.

Similar:
pennaceous, pennigerous, nidiform, aliform, longipennate, impennate, faviform, plumigerous, brevipennate, ficiform, more...

Opposite:
apennate, unipennate, bipennate, multipennate

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Similar:
pennaceous, pennigerous, nidiform, aliform, longipennate, impennate, faviform, plumigerous, brevipennate, ficiform, more...

Opposite:
apennate, unipennate, bipennate, multipennate



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