pen-feather

  • 81quill pen — noun pen made from a bird s feather • Syn: ↑quill • Hypernyms: ↑pen …

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  • 82sea feather — n. any of several anthozoans with the skeleton branched into a featherlike form, as the sea pen …

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  • 83sea pen — any of several colonial coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, having the shape of a fleshy feather. [1755 65] * * * ▪ invertebrate       any of the 300 species of the order Pennatulacea, colonial invertebrate marine animals of… …

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  • 84sea pen — sea′ pen n. ivt any soft coral of the order Pennataluceae, forming feather shaped colonies • Etymology: 1755–65 …

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  • 85sea pen — n. any of an order (Pennatulacea) of mud dwelling anthozoans that form feather shaped colonies …

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  • 86brev|i|pen|nate — «BREHV uh PEHN ayt», adjective. having short wings; brachypterous. ╂[< Latin brevis short + penna feather + English ate1] …

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  • 87nul|li|pen|nate — «NUHL uh PEHN ayt», adjective. having no light feathers, as the penguin. ╂[< Latin nūllus not any + penna feather + English ate1] …

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  • 88sea pen — noun a marine coelenterate related to the corals, forming a feather shaped colony with a horny or calcareous skeleton. [Order Pennatulacea.] …

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  • 89penne — /pen ay/, n., pl. penne. a type of tubular pasta having diagonally cut ends. [1970 75; < It, pl. of penna pen, feather, quill] * * * …

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  • 90penne — pen•ne [[t]ˈpɛn eɪ[/t]] n. pl. ne. coo a type of tubular pasta having diagonally cut ends • Etymology: 1970–75; &LT; It, pl. of penna pen, feather, quill …

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