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Pectinate \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. pe`kein to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E.
paxwax.]
1. Resembling the teeth of a comb.
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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]}.
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3. Interlaced, like two combs. [R.] "Our fingers pectinated,
or shut together." --Sir T. Browne.
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{Pectinate claw} (Zool.), a claw having a serrate edge, found
in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the
feathers.
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