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Definition of Pinnula
1. n. Same as Pinnule.
Definition of Pinnula
1. pinnule [n -LAE] : PINNULAR [adj] - See also: pinnule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinnula
Literary usage of Pinnula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire: Or, A Description of the Strata by John Phillips, Robert Etheridge (1875)
"pinnula:. with eori, enlarged, ?. Pig. 3. Thecal mass. Fig. 4. Pimm! ...
Usually three spore-masses ; but the basal pinnula appears to have had every lobe ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"... pinnula, Ehr. 19. striata, Ehr. 20. globulosa, Ehr, 21. ... 14, Gram, pinnula,
seems to be the tapering ..."
3. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"pinnula, lancet-shaped processes supported by calcareous bodies in which the
sexual products ripen until freed by dehiscence (fig. 298). ..."
4. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1896)
"C, Ambulacrum after removal of tlie pinnula? und covering plates. D, After tlie
further removal of the side plates and accessory side plates (except 3). ..."
5. Zoology for High Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Spring Packard (1881)
"Armless, but with five series of pinnula?, and with a stalk ... Usually armed,
witli jointed pinnula', and a short stalk, the latter sometimes absent, ..."
6. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"Frond twice pinnate, pinna and pinnula distant; the latter linear. It will require
several years of close observation to prove, by real experiment, ..."