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–adjective Zoology.

1.	comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.

2.	having rough-edged scales.

[Origin: 1830–40; < Gk ktenoeids like a comb. See cteno-, -oid

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adj. Biology

Comblike.
Having marginal projections that resemble the teeth of a comb: a ctenoid fish.

[Greek ktenoeidēs, comblike : kteis, kten-, comb + -oeidēs, -oid.]

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ctenoid
adjective
resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb

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Ctenoid

Cte"noid\ (t[=e]"noid or t[e^]n"oid), a. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale. (b) Pertaining to the Ctenoidei. -- n. A ctenoidean.

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