From Latin pectinatus (“combed”) + -ed. <span class="searchmatch">pectinated</span> (not comparable) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> (“resembling a comb”). 1928, George Vernon Hudson, The butterflies...
First attested in the mid-18th century. <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> (not comparable) Resembling a comb. Synonym: <span class="searchmatch">pectinated</span> (anatomy, zoology, botany) Having narrow ridges...
<span class="searchmatch">pectinates</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> <span class="searchmatch">pectinates</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span>...
From <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">pectinately</span> (not comparable) In a <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> manner. “<span class="searchmatch">pectinately</span>”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass...
From sub- + <span class="searchmatch">pectinated</span>. subpectinated (not comparable) Almost or imperfectly <span class="searchmatch">pectinated</span>....
<span class="searchmatch">pectinating</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> lines plural of <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> line...
English Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> line Wikipedia <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> line (plural <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span> lines) (anatomy) The line that divides the upper two thirds...
unipectinate From uni- + <span class="searchmatch">pectinated</span>. unipectinated (not comparable) <span class="searchmatch">Pectinate</span>, with each ridge bearing a single projection. 1928, George Vernon Hudson...
From sub- + <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span>. subpectinate (not comparable) Almost or imperfectly <span class="searchmatch">pectinate</span>....