01 a. Resembling the teeth of a comb.
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Resembling the teeth of a comb.
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2.
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.(Nat. Hist.) See: Antennæ
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Interlaced, like two combs.[R.]
Phrases & compounds
Pectinate claw —
a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.