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pectinated |
1 definition 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.
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