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The correct spelling is pinion.
How to pronounce pinion
/ˈpɪnjən/
nounIPA: /ˈpɪnjən/
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The correct spelling is pinion. A wing.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A wing.
- 2.The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
- 3.Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
- 4.A moth of the genus Lithophane.
- 5.A fetter for the arm.
verb
- 1.To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
- 2.To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
- 3.(transferred sense) To restrain; to limit.
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