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adj
Resembling a comb.
Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
Synonyms: pectinated
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Resembling a comb.
Striate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: pectinated
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fit together in an alternating manner; to interlock or interdigitate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
like a comb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Borrowed from Latin pectinātus (“combed”), from pectinō (“to comb”), from pecten (“comb”). First attested in the mid-18th century. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -ate.
From pectin + -ate (“chemical suffix”).
Across languages
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