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    Pectinate (?), Pectinated (?),  a. [L. pectinatus, p. pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. πέκειν to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.]
   1. Resembling the teeth of a comb.
   
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   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 Antennæ.
   
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   3. Interlaced, like two combs. [R.] “Our fingers pectinated, or shut together.”  Sir T. Browne.
   
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   Pectinate claw (Zool.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.
   
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