pinna

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The researchers call transients Orcinus rectipinnus, noting that, in Latin, “recti means right or upright, and pinna means fin, feather, or wing, most likely referring to the tall erect dorsal fin of males.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Without the malleus and incus, sound waves would not be collected by the pinna.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The leaflet, or pinna, of the glade fern is quite coarse and contrasts strikingly with its wispier neighbor.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2015

The mastoid portion of the temporal bone, which can be felt as a bump in the skull behind the pinna, also contains air, which ventilates through the middle ear.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

But I guess that if the Latin word for feather had been frindilus instead of pinna, then you probably would have invented the word pen instead.

From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements