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pectinate

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Scrabble points
13
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16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛktəneɪt/

Definition of pectinate

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Resembling a comb.
    “The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Resembling a comb.
    “The moth's antennae were pectinate in shape, set with long teeth along one edge only.”
  2. (not-comparable)Resembling a comb.

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To fit together in an alternating manner; to interlock or interdigitate.
    “To ſet croſſe legg’d, or with our fingers pectinated or ſhut together is accounted bad, and friends will perſwade us from it.”

noun

  1. An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pectinātus (“combed”), from pectinō (“to comb”), from pecten (“comb”). First attested in the mid-18th century. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -ate.

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