Comb-like

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Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb wordnet

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ctenoid

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"Baleen whales, such as gray and humpback whales, have hundreds of comb-like plates with stiff bristles growing from the upper jaw to strain small food from huge mouthfuls of water."

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