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Pectinated

{

Pec′ti-naˊte

,

Pec′ti-naˊted

, }
Adj.
[L.
pectinatus
, p. pr. of
pectinare
to comb, from
pecten
,
-inis
, a comb; cf. Gr.
πέκειν
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
Antennæ
.
3.
Interlaced, like two combs.
[R.]
“Our fingers pectinated, or shut together.”
Sir T. Browne.
Pectinate claw
(Zool.)
,
a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.

Definition 2024

pectinated

pectinated

English

Adjective

pectinated ‎(comparative more pectinated, superlative most pectinated)

  1. (anatomy, zoology, botany) Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.23:
      To sit cross-legged, or with our fingers pectinated or shut together, is accounted bad, and friends will persuade us from it.

Etymology

From Latin pectinatus +‎ -ed.

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