pectinate

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

pec=ti=nate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pectinate has 1 sense

pectinate(s = adj.all) - like a comb;

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pectinate, a. [L. pectinatus, p. pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. pe`kein to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.].

Resembling the teeth of a comb. [1913 Webster]
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 Antennæ. [1913 Webster]
Interlaced, like two combs. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

Pectinate claw (Zoöl.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.