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Definition of: pinnula
(pin′yə·lə) noun plural ·lae (-lē)
1. Ornithol. A barb of a feather.
2. Pinnule. [<NL <L, dim. of pinna a feather]
—pin′nu·lar adjective
—pin′nu·late, pin′nu·lat′ed adjective
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