"pinion" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack (synset 103949391)
is a type of: cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

subtypes: lantern pinion, lantern wheel - a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird (synset 102471495)
is a type of: feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
subtypes:
- primary, primary feather, primary quill - one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- tail feather - feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird
is a part of: wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

same as: flight feather, quill, quill feather
Wing of a bird (synset 102155098)
is a type of: wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

is a part of: bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

same as: pennon

Verb

Bind the arms of (synset 201303151)
is a type of: confine, constrain, hold, restrain - to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

same as: shackle
Cut the wings off (of birds) (synset 200513830)
is a type of: disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action