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Definition of "pectinated" []

  • Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb. (adjective)

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Use "pectinated" in a sentence
  • "The claws are powerful and but slightly curved, and that of the median toe is not pectinated as in the herons."
  • "Antennæ shorter than the thorax, broadly pectinated except towards the tips."
  • "Antennæ slightly pectinated, slightly hooked at the tips."