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  • adjective resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb

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Examples

  • Flour clouded his clothing, and he wore a comb-like mustache and wire-rim glasses.

    Tuning Pegs 2010

  • Inside each box are wooden frames which hold comb-like cells where the bees reproduce and create honey.

    A Day in The Life of a Beekeeper | Impact Lab 2007

  • When I first saw your picture of the waterfall I immediately tried to figure out how you did that – leaky pipe , fine comb-like apparatus, or what?

    Punish Me « Fairegarden 2008

  • He would never get sick of the view from the living room, he thought, of the small westward-looking parcel of lush wilderness formed by the comb-like layout of the housing development.

    Free Time 2008

  • He would never get sick of the view from the living room, he thought, of the small westward-looking parcel of lush wilderness formed by the comb-like layout of the housing development.

    Free Time 2008

  • Then it forces the water out through comb-like plates which keep the krill in and let the water filter out'

    At My Table 2006

  • All the bivalves— clams, mussels, oysters—have comb-like gills for filtering food particles from the water that the mantle draws in and expels.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Cranberries can be harvested dry, with a comb-like machine, or wet, by flooding the bog.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • All the bivalves— clams, mussels, oysters—have comb-like gills for filtering food particles from the water that the mantle draws in and expels.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Cranberries can be harvested dry, with a comb-like machine, or wet, by flooding the bog.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

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