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pectinate a. 梳状的 梳状的 pectinate adj 1: like a combPectinate \ Pec" ti* na` te\, Pectinated \ Pec" ti* na` ted\, a. [ L. pectinatus, p. pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, - inis, a comb; cf. Gr. pe` kein to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.] 1. Resembling the teeth of a comb. [ 1913 Webster] 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 { Antenn[ ae]}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Interlaced, like two combs. [ R.] " Our fingers pectinated, or shut together." -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] { Pectinate claw} ( Zool.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers. [ 1913 Webster]
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