penna

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pennache. See Panache. ] A bunch of feathers; a plume. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. pennaché. See Panache. ] Variegated; striped. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. penna feather. ] Feathery covering; plumage. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion. ] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow pennant, or long pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. “With flags and pennants trimmed.” Drayton. (b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pennatus feathered, winged, from penna feather, wing. ] 1. Winged; plume-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Pinnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Pennatulæ E. Pennatulas [ NL., fr. L. penna a feather. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches. [ 1913 Webster ]