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Definition of Pennae
1. penna [n] - See also: penna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennae
Literary usage of Pennae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The down feathers which appear at hatching-time are known as prc-pennae, ...
as the case may be; the first generation of prc-pennae, in the case of the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The two forms of nestling plumage—pre-pennae and ... first of these two generations
of pre-pennae is developed and shed while the chick is yet in the shell, ..."
3. Adam's Latin Grammar: With Some Improvements, and the Following Additions by Alexander Adam, Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1830)
"N. penna, G. pennae, D. pennae, ... A. pennas, V. pennae, A. pennis, In like
manner decline, pens } of pens ; to pens ; О pens ; pens ; with pent Acta, ..."
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