Pectinate
Pectinate , adjective
[Latin pectinatus, present participle of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; compare Greek pe`kein to comb, Anglo-Saxon feax hair, Old High German fahs, English paxwax.]
1.
Resembling the teeth of a comb.
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 Antenna.
3.
Interlaced, like two combs. [Rare]
Our fingers pectinated, or shut together.
Collocations (1)
Pectinate claw (Zoology) , a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.
Also: Pectinated