vaned

English

Etymology

vane +‎ -ed

Adjective

vaned (not comparable)

  1. Having a vane or vanes.
    • 2001 January 12, Erik Stokstad, “THE FOSSILS: Exquisite Chinese Fossils Add New Pages to Book of Life”, in Science‎, volume 291, number 5502, DOI:10.1126/science.291.5502.232, pages 232-236:
      More spectacularly, the end of Protoarchaeopteryx's tail sported a fan of feathers that are vaned, suggesting the presence of barbules.

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