pectinate

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Resembling a comb.

   The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.

2. adjective Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.

   The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.

3. adjective Striate.
4. verb To fit together in an alternating manner; to interlock or interdigitate.
5. noun An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.

Similar words

rough comblike comby beakish probelike pea-combed honeycomblike spearlike piliform pupiform

Often followed by

line ligament muscles setae or in branches muscle and

Word family

pectination pectinations