pectinate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of pectinate
First recorded in 1785–95; from Latin pectinātus, past participle of pectināre “to comb, rake” equivalent to pectin-, stem of pecten “comb, rake” + -ātus past participle suffix; see pecten, -ate 1
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The left atrium does not have pectinate muscles except in the auricle.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
While the bulk of the internal surface of the right atrium is smooth, the depression of the fossa ovalis is medial, and the anterior surface demonstrates prominent ridges of muscle called the pectinate muscles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Ischæmum.Spikes solitary; spikelets 1-flowered; first glume of the sessile spikelet pectinate 21.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Seeds anatropous.—Aquatic perennials, with pectinate immersed leaves, and the erect hollow flower-stems almost leafless.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
"I don't suppose you know that the antennæ of that silvery-winged moth are distinctly pectinate," I said.
From In Search of the Unknown by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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