Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pennibrachium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-ni-brachi-um
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A forelimb, found on various species of extinct and extant coelurosaur, that is not used in flight or gliding but still bears long, typically pennaceous feathers which form a winglike surface.

Example Sentences

"Some dromaeosaurid, troodontid, oviraptorosaur and therizinosaur specimens show the presence of what we term a ‘pennibrachium’, a forelimb bearing long feathers that form a planar, wing-like surface but are not necessarily used in aerial locomotion."

Etymology

From Latin penna (“feather”) + brachium (“arm”). Coined by Sullivan et al. in 2010.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: penna

Inflected Forms

pennibrachia (plural)

Questions

What does pennibrachium mean?: A forelimb, found on various species of extinct and extant coelurosaur, that is not used in flight or gliding but still bears long, typically pennaceous feathers which form a winglike surface.
Where does pennibrachium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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