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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 the head.
  • noun biology comb-like toothing

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