pectinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite like a comb

WordNet

Pec"ti*na`te, Pec"ti*na`ted adjective (Also<
  • Pectinate
  • Pectinated
)
Etymology
L. pectinatus, p.pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.
Definitions
  1. Resembling the teeth of a comb.
  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.
  3. Interlaced, like two combs. R. "Our fingers pectinated, or shut together." Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913