penname (penn am)

A name a umed by an author for the ostensible purpose of concealing his identity; a nom de plume; a literary pseudonym. pennant (pen'ant), n. [An extended form of pennon, with excrescent t (as in tyrant, peasant, etc.), prob. due in part to a ociation with pendant, with which in some uses it is confused: see pendant, n.] 1. A flag long in the fly as compared with its hoist. Especially - (a) A flag many times as long as it is wide: also called streamer and coach-whip. Its proper place is at the main royalmast head of a man-of-war when in commi ion. Lincoln, a ship most neatly that was limn'd, In all her sails with flags and pennants trim'd. Drayton, Battle of Agin court. A squire's mark was a long pennant , similar to the coachwhip pennant of modern ships of war. Preble, Hist. Flag, p. 11. (b) A pointed or swallow-tailed flag having its fly about twice its hoist, used especially to denote the rank of the commanding or senior officer on board the ship when it is hoisted: also called broad pennant. (c) Any flag taken as an emblem of superiority, particularly in athletic contests. 2. Naut., a short piece of rope to which a tackle is hooked. See pendant, 5 (a).-3. In musical the proximal end, which is branched or sim ple, bearing the polypids variously arranged. There is a central horny axis sheathed in a cœnosarc. The zooids are commonly dimorphic. There are several families, as Pennatulidæ, Virgulariidæ or Pavonariidæ, Veretellidæ, Umbellulariidæ, Renillidæ, known as sea - pens, sea - rods, sea - feathers, sea- umbrellas, sea - kidneys, etc. pennatulacean (pe-nat-ū-la'sē-an), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to the Pennatulaceæ, or having their characters; pennatularian; pennatuloid. II. n. A member of the Pennatulaceæ. pennatulaceous (pe-nat-ū-lā'shius), a. as pennatulacean. Same