Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Comb-like; pectinate; having pectinations or processes like the teeth of a comb.
- In conchology, having the form or appearance of a scallop, or bivalve of the family pectinidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Comblike in form.
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- adjective Having the form of a
comb ;pectinate
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It consists of two corpora cavernosa, composed of erectile tissue enclosed in a dense layer of fibrous membrane, united together along their medial surfaces by an incomplete fibrous pectiniform septum; each corpus is connected to the rami of the pubis and ischium by a crus; the free extremity (glans clitoridis) is a small rounded tubercle, consisting of spongy erectile tissue, and highly sensitive.
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