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ctenidium
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cte⋅nid⋅i⋅um

   [ti-nid-ee-uhm]
–noun, plural -nid⋅i⋅a  [-nid-ee-uh] . Zoology.
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
Origin:
1880–85; < NL; see cteno-, -idium
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cte·nid·i·um     (tĭ-nĭd'ē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cte·nid·i·a (-ē-ə) Zoology
A comblike structure, such as the respiratory apparatus of a mollusk or a row of spines in some insects.

[New Latin, from Greek kteis, kten-, comb.]
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