Pectinate

//ˈpɛktəneɪt//

Synonyms for "pectinate" (2 found)

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Adjective(1 words)

pectinated

Related words (1)

rough

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Related terms

10 entries

bipectinated pectate pecten pectin pectinal pectinatella pectination pectinibranchiate pectiniform unipectinated

derived

7 entries

bipectinate impectinate monopectinate pectinate line pectinately subpectinate unipectinate

has context

2 entries

chemistry mycology

related to

13 entries

comb ester lengthen pecten pectinal pectinatella pectination pectinibranchiate pectinic acid pectiniform salt segment striate

similar

2 entries

rough

Translations

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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

To ſet croſſe legg’d, or with our fingers pectinated or ſhut together is accounted bad, and friends will perſwade us from it.

Source: wiktionary

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