pinna

auricle

 [aw´rĭ-k'l]

1. the projecting part of the ear lying outside the head; called also pinna.

Auricle.

2. the ear-shaped appendage of either atrium of the heart; formerly used to designate the entire atrium.

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pin·na

, pl.

pin·nae

(pin'ă, pin'ē),

1. ☆ official atlternate term for auricle

2. A feather, wing, or fin.

3. In veterinary anatomy, the moveable cartilage and associated fleshy structures of the ear located externally, outside the vertical ear canal.

[L. pinna or penna, a feather, in pl. a wing]

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pinna

(pĭn′ə)

n. pl. pinnae (pĭn′ē) or pinnas

1. Botany A leaflet or primary division of a pinnately compound leaf.

2. Zoology A feather, wing, fin, or similar appendage.

3. Anatomy See auricle.

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pin′nal adj.

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pin·na

, pl. pinnae (pin'ă, -ē)

1. Synonym(s): auricle (1) .

2. A feather, wing, or fin.

[L. pinna or penna, a feather, in pl. a wing]

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pinna

The visible external ear. The pinna consists of a skin flap on a skeleton of cartilage. It has comparatively little effect on the acuity of hearing. Also known as the auricle.

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pinna

1. the primary division of a leaf.
2. a wing or fin.
3. the projecting part of the external ear of mammals.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

pin·na

, pl. pinnae (pin'ă, -ē)

1. Synonym(s): auricle (1) .

2. A feather, wing, or fin.

[L. pinna or penna, a feather, in pl. a wing]

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