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Pronunciation : Pec"ti*na`te, Pec"ti*na`ted
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. pectinatus, p.pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.]
Definition : 1. Resembling the teeth of a comb.

2. (Nat. Hist.)

Defn: 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?.

3. Interlaced, like two combs. [R.] "Our fingers pectinated, or shut together." Sir T. Browne. Pectinate claw (Zo?l.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913