Definitions for: Pectinate


[adj] like a comb



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: rough

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