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pectinate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pectinate has 1 sense
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]
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