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pec·ti·nate /ˈpɛktəˌnet/
(a.)梳狀的
pec·ti·nate /ˈpɛktəˌnet/ 形容詞
梳狀,篦齒狀,櫛形
Pec·ti·na·te Pec·ti·na·ted a.
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.”
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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