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Resembling the teeth of a comb.

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  1. a. Resembling the teeth of a comb.
  2. a. 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 Antennae.
  3. a. Interlaced, like two combs.
  4. a. Resembling the teeth of a comb. a. 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 Antennae. a. Interlaced, like two combs.