This week’s theme
Words for body parts

This week’s words
hallux
pinna
canthus
uvula
gnathion

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PRONUNCIATION:

(PIN-uh)

MEANING:

noun:
1. The outer ear. Also known as auricle.
2. A projecting body part such as a wing, feather, or fin.
3. A leaflet or primary division of a pinnate leaf, as found in ferns and some other plants.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin pinna (wing, feather, fin). Earliest documented use: 1668.

USAGE:

“She put her hand on my hair and then the hand slipped down to my ear ... She caressed my pinna and stroked my shoulder.”
Abraham Verghese; Cutting for Stone; Random House; 2012.

See more usage examples of pinna in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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