{ Pec″ti‐na′te (?), Pec″ti‐na′ted (?), } a. [L. pectinatus, p. pr. of pectinare to comb, from pecten, -inis, a comb; cf. Gr. πέκειν to comb, AS. feax hair, OHG. fahs, E. paxwax.] 1. Resembling the teeth of a comb.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennæ.
3. Interlaced, like two combs. “Our fingers pectinated, or shut together.” Sir T. Browne.
Pectinate claw(Zoöl.), a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.