pinna

IPA: pˈɪnʌ

(anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
(botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
(zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.

Examples of "pinna" in Sentences

In the pinna also is found the so-called pinna-guard.
The external ear is also called the auricula or pinna.
“And after all, didn’t somebody just make up the word pinna, too?”
Normally, the outer ear, known as the pinna, collects sound waves and directs them into the ear canal, which carries the sound waves to the eardrum.
The external ear consists of an expanded portion known as the pinna or _auricle_, and of a passage, the auditory canal or _meatus_, leading inwards from it.
"The pinna is a variety of shell-fish not unlike the mussel; it fastens itself to the rocks and from between its shells gives out threads something like those of the spider or silkworm.
By contrast, the Atomic Floyd HiDefjaxes are shaped so they nestle snugly into your ears, and stay there: they've got a curve in the shape of the earpieces that wedges them in your pinna.
With a graceful gesture she swept the tresses framing her right cheek behind a delicate ear, revealing that the pinna contained two openings to the auditory canal, one in the center, and a smaller one near the upper edge.