"Pinnulated" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Having or covered with pinnules: analogous to pinnately compound leaves (where the leaflets are opposite one another on either side of a central axis).
Pinnipedia refers to a group or clade of fin-footed, semi-aquatic marine mammals that belong to the suborder Pinnipedia within the order Carnivora. This group includes three main types: seals, sea lions, and walruses. Characteristics of pinnipeds include:1. Their bodies are adapted for aquatic life, with a streamlined body, flippers, and a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm in cold water.2. They have a unique way of locomotion called "epochidic", where they use their front flippers to propel themselves through the water while their hind flippers act as rudders.3. Pinnipeds give birth to live young and nurse them with milk, like all mammals.4. They have a thick layer of skin and fur that protects them from the surrounding environment, but also makes them relatively slow-movers on land.Some of the well-known species within the pinniped group include the harbor seal, the elephant seal, the Antarctic Weddell seal, the Walrus, the South American Sea Lion, and the leopard seal.
Pinnotheres refers to a genus of marine bivalve mollusks commonly known as pea mussels. They are small, typically spherical or oval-shaped, and usually bright yellow or white in color.
A mythical character created by Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio is a wooden puppet who is nicknamed "Honesty" because he has a tendency to get into trouble due to frequent and intentional dishonesty, which is usually rewarded with his nose growing longer whenever he lies. His tale is an allegory for the consequences of dishonesty and the value of self-control.
Pinocytic adj. Relating to or characteristic of pinocytosis, a process by which a cell takes in small particles, fluids, or nutrients through the formation of membrane vesicles.