distinguishing pennant

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distinguishing pennant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Distinguishing \Dis*tin"guish*ing\, a.
     Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else;
     distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
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           The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.
                                                    --Locke.
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     Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which
        any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and
        signaled. --Simmonds.
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