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| | Pectinately | adv. In a pectinate manner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bipectinated | { } a. [ Pref. bi- + pectinate. ] (Biol.) Having two margins toothed like a comb. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Bipectinate | | Pectinated | { } 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. ] 1. Resembling the teeth of a comb. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Interlaced, like two combs. [ R. ] “Our fingers pectinated, or shut together.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pectinate claw (Zool.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Pectinate |
| | pectinate | adj. คล้ายซี่ฟัน, คล้ายหว', See also: pectination n. |
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| | | | Bipectinated | { } a. [ Pref. bi- + pectinate. ] (Biol.) Having two margins toothed like a comb. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Bipectinate | | Pectinated | { } 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. ] 1. Resembling the teeth of a comb. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Interlaced, like two combs. [ R. ] “Our fingers pectinated, or shut together.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pectinate claw (Zool.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Pectinate | | Pectinately | adv. In a pectinate manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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