longipennate
English
Etymology
From Latin longus (“long”) + pennate, from penna (“a wing”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of longipinnate.
Adjective
longipennate (comparative more longipennate, superlative most longipennate)
- (zoology) Having long wings or quills
- Having wings that, when folded, extend past the end of the tail.
Further reading
- “longipennate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “longipennate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.