pectinate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pec=ti=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

pectinate, a. [L. pectinatus, p. pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. pe`kein to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.].

•  Resembling the teeth of a comb.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Interlaced, like two combs.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

Pectinate claw (Zoöl.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.