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  1. pectinates: Wiktionary

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  1. pectinates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See pectinate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pectinate)

adjective:  Resembling a comb.
adjective:  (anatomy, zoology, botany) Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.
adjective:  (mycology) Striate.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To fit together in an alternating manner; to interlock or interdigitate.
noun:  (chemistry) An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.
▸ Also see pectinate


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