penn

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 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pennatula. ] (Zool.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria. [ 1913 Webster ]