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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pec·ti·nate 
[pek-tuh-neyt] Pronunciation Key
[pek-tuh-neyt] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike. |
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| pec·ti·nate
(pěk'tə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
adj. Having projections resembling the teeth of a comb; comblike. pec'ti·na'tion n. |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pec'ti·na'tion n.
pectinate pec·ti·nate (pěk'tə-nāt') or pec·ti·nat·ed (-nā'tĭd)
adj.
Having projections resembling the teeth of a comb; comblike.
pec'ti·na'tion n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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