The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.
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Pectinate
/ˈpɛktəneɪt/
Synonyms for "pectinate" (12 found)
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More general
10 entriescardiac morphologyedgeedge formedge formationmargin typemorphological arrangementmuscle architecturepatternpatterningstructure
More specific
10 entriesatrial pectinate muscleatrial pectinate musclesdentate edgefan shaped arraygill raker arrangementpapillae alignmentpectinate gyruspectinate lamellaeradiating fringeserrate margin
Collocations
10 entriescomblike marginpectinate borderpectinate edgepectinate gill filamentspectinate gyruspectinate lamellaepectinate leaf marginpectinate marginpectinate muscletoothlike edge
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
3 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гребенчат adj (resembling a comb)
Portuguese
1 entries- pectinado adj (resembling a comb)
Spanish
1 entries- pectinado adj (resembling a comb)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
To ſet croſſe legg’d, or with our fingers pectinated or ſhut together is accounted bad, and friends will perſwade us from it.
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