Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being pectinate.
- noun That which is pectinate; a comb-like structure; a pecten. See cut under
pecten . - noun The state of being shut together like the teeth of two combs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated.
- noun The act of combing; the combing of the head.
- noun (Nat. Hist.) Comblike toothing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
pectinated ; that which is pectinated. - noun The act of
combing ; the combing of thehead . - noun biology
comb -liketoothing
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