pennan.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnə/, U.S.

/ˈpɛnə/

Inflections: Plural pennae.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin penna.

Etymology: < classical Latin penna (see pen n.³). Compare earlier pennaceous adj.

Ornithology.

A pennaceous feather (cf. pennaceous adj.); spec. a contour feather.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > other specific types

drivings1682

whisker1752

subaxillary1820

accessory plume1835

flake-feather1837

filoplume1867

penna1871

thread-feather1872

deck-feather1879

streamer1879

racket1887

afterfeather1937

1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals vi. 274 The feathers are of various kinds. Those which exhibit the most complicated structure are called pennæ, or contour feathers, because they lie on the surface and determine the contour of the body.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 532 There are three chief kinds of feathers. First there are the ordinary pennae.., whether covering the body as a whole (contours), or forming the pinions (remiges).

1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) ix. 98 A penna consists of a stalk (quill or rachis) carrying a vane.

2010 R. L. Kotpal Mod. Textbk. Zool. (ed. 3) iii. xxvii. 347/1 Contour feathers (pennae). These feathers, as their name implies, form the general covering of body.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	penna
释义	pennan. Brit. /ˈpɛnə/, U.S. /ˈpɛnə/ Inflections: Plural pennae. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin penna. Etymology: < classical Latin penna (see pen n.³). Compare earlier pennaceous adj. Ornithology. A pennaceous feather (cf. pennaceous adj.); spec. a contour feather. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > other specific types drivings1682 whisker1752 subaxillary1820 accessory plume1835 flake-feather1837 filoplume1867 penna1871 thread-feather1872 deck-feather1879 streamer1879 racket1887 afterfeather1937 1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals vi. 274 The feathers are of various kinds. Those which exhibit the most complicated structure are called pennæ, or contour feathers, because they lie on the surface and determine the contour of the body. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 532 There are three chief kinds of feathers. First there are the ordinary pennae.., whether covering the body as a whole (contours), or forming the pinions (remiges). 1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) ix. 98 A penna consists of a stalk (quill or rachis) carrying a vane. 2010 R. L. Kotpal Mod. Textbk. Zool. (ed. 3) iii. xxvii. 347/1 Contour feathers (pennae). These feathers, as their name implies, form the general covering of body. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1871
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