Meaning & use
Bipennate
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Having two wings or, in anatomy, describing a muscle whose fibers are arranged like the barbs of a feather on both sides of a central tendon.
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The rectus femoris is often cited as a bipennate muscle, with fibers slanting toward a central tendon from both sides.
Some insects display bipennate wing structures adapted for gliding.
A note on using this word
"Bipennate" comes from Latin roots meaning "two-winged," and in kinesiology it describes a muscle architecture that trades range of motion for greater force production.
Words with a similar meaning
feather-shaped
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Words with an opposite meaning
unipennate
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