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pectinate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pectinate  \Pec"ti*na`te\,  Pectinated  \Pec"ti*na`ted\,  a.  [L. 
  pectinatus  p.  pr  of  pectinare  to  comb,  from  pecten,  -inis, 
  a  comb;  cf  Gr  ?  to  comb,  AS  feax  hair,  OHG.  fahs,  E. 
  paxwax.] 
  1.  Resembling  the  teeth  of  a  comb. 
 
  2.  (Nat.  Hist.)  Having  very  narrow,  close  divisions,  in 
  arrangement  and  regularity  resembling  those  of  a  comb; 
  comblike  as  a  pectinate  leaf;  pectinated  muscles.  See 
  Illust. 
  e  of  {Antenn[ae]}. 
 
  3.  Interlaced,  like  two  combs.  [R.]  ``Our  fingers  pectinated, 
  or  shut  together.''  --Sir  T.  Browne. 
 
  {Pectinate  claw}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  claw  having  a  serrate  edge, 
  found  in  some  birds,  and  supposed  to  be  used  in  cleaning 
  the  feathers. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pectinate 
  adj  :  like  a  comb 




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