Penniform
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Penniform is an adjective meaning Feather-shaped.
Meaning
Feather-shaped.
More Meanings
- (archaeology) A symbol that is shaped like a feather.
Example Sentences
Penniform symbols were inscribed on the wall of the cave.
Even in the palaeolithic periods symbols abound such as cup markings, tectiforms, penniforms, groups of dots, rectangles, lattice designs, symbolic vulvas, and so on.
Startlingly, the much earlier Blombos cave engravings clearly fit neatly into several of Von Petzinger's categories: lines, crosshatching, cruciforms, penniforms, and perhaps others.
Word Forms
- penniforms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pennaceous, pennigerous, nidiform, aliform, longipennate, impennate.
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