Definitions for pectinate

pectinate pec·ti·nate

Spelling: [pek-tuh-neyt]
IPA: /ˈpɛk təˌneɪt/

Pectinate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 307 anagrams from letters in pectinate (aceeinptt).

Definitions for pectinate

adjective

  1. formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.

Origin of pectinate

1785-95; Latin pectinātus past participle of pectināre to comb, equivalent to pectin-, stem of pecten (see pecten) + -ātus Examples for pectinate

pectinate: comb-shaped: with even branches like the teeth of a comb.

The end branchlets are acute and pectinate (pecten, a comb), or arranged like the teeth of a comb.

The rare C. echinatus has the pectinate groups of barren glumes even more prominent.

pectinate ligament, to the rightof which is the angle of the chamber.F.

pectinate, pinnatifid or pinnately divided into narrow and close divisions, like the teeth of a comb.

The iris becomes attached to the pectinate ligament and to the endothelium of Descemet's membrane.

The legs are four pairs; they are hairy, and terminated by two or three claws, which are fringed with minute teeth, or pectinate.

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