bipectinate

American  

[bahy-pek-tuh-neyt] / baɪˈpɛk təˌneɪt /

Also bipectinated

adjective

Zoology, Botany.

1. having both margins toothed like a comb, as the antennae of certain moths.

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Etymology

Origin of bipectinate

First recorded in 1830–40; bi- ¹ + pectinate

Example Sentences

The ctenidium is monopectinate and attached to the mantle along its whole length, except in Adeorbis and Valvata; in the latter alone it is bipectinate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Spire of shell much reduced; two bipectinate ctenidia, the right being the smaller; no operculum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Chaetodermomorpha.—Aplacophora without distinct ventral groove, with single median unisexual gonad, with differentiated hepatic sac, and with cloacal chamber furnished with two bipectinate gills.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various