Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having projections resembling the teeth of a comb; comblike.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, to form an interdigitated arrangement (see
pectinated , 2): said of fibrovascular bundles. - Having teeth like a comb; formed as or into a pectination; comb-like in figure; pectinated: as, the pectinate muscles of the heart; pectinate scales of a fish; pectinate armature of the preoperculum.
- Specifically— Having a pecten, pectination, or comb-like part or organ; pectinated: as, the pectinate claw of a bird.
- In botany, having resemblance to the teeth of a comb, or arranged like them: specifically applied to a pinnatifid organ, particularly a leaf, with narrow close segments, like the teeth of a comb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling the teeth of a comb.
- adjective (Nat. Hist.) Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike. See
Illust. (e) ofAntennæ . - adjective rare Interlaced, like two combs.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
comb . - adjective Having
segments which are greatlylengthened to one side. - adjective mycology
striate - noun chemistry An
ester orsalt formed of pectinic acid.
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- adjective like a comb
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Examples
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The term pectinate sulcate is employed on account of a series of small elevations on the ridges, giving them a pectinate, or comb-like, appearance.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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The iris becomes attached to the pectinate ligament and to the endothelium of Descemet's membrane.
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Treacher Collins found, after a careful examination of eyes upon which iridectomy had been performed for glaucoma, that it is extremely rare for the initial section to pass through the pectinate ligament, while Schlemm's canal invariably escapes.
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_Polypody_, many footed, by reason of the pectinate fronds.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Duplicate-pectinate: having the branches of a bipectinated antenna alternately long and short.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Spikes solitary; spikelets 1-flowered; first glume of the sessile spikelet pectinate 21.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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By its periphery it is continuous with the ciliary body, and is also connected with the posterior elastic lamina of the cornea by means of the pectinate ligament; its surfaces are flattened, and look forward and backward, the anterior toward the cornea, the posterior toward the ciliary processes and lens.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918
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Some of the fibers of this trabecular tissue are continued into the substance of the iris, forming the pectinate ligament of the iris; while others are connected with the forepart of the sclera and choroid.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918
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The aqueous humor drains into the scleral sinuses by passage through the pectinate villi which are analogous in structure and function to the arachnoid villi of the cerebral meninges.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye 1918
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"I don't suppose you know that the antennæ of that silvery-winged moth are distinctly pectinate," I said.
reesetee commented on the word pectinate
having teeth like a comb
June 12, 2007
qms commented on the word pectinate
The sign of an ice hockey great
Is the skill with which he can skate
Or the classically comical
Physiognomical:
A smile that is proudly pectinate.
July 15, 2015