pinnule

Plural: pinnules

Noun

• A small division of a pinnate leaf or feather.
• division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
• Any of the ultimate leaflets of a bipinnate or tripinnate leaf; a subleaflet.
• A part or an organ which resembles the barb of a feather, particularly the side branches on the stalks of crinoids; Any of the lateral divisions of the finger-like stalks of an encrinite.

Examples

• Creating PINNULE was a delicate play, threading through existing letters.

Synonyms

pinna, pinnula