English

Adjective

quadripennate ‎(not comparable)

1. (rare) Having four wings.
   • 1975, Zoological Society of London, Journal of zoology (volume 177)

     The quadratus femoris is partly bipennate and partly quadripennate.

   • 1976, D. Lister, Meat animals: growth and productivity

     The shortest fibres are in the plantaris which has a remarkable quadripennate structure.