pectinate

Having projections resembling the teeth of a comb; comblike.

In botany, to form an interdigitated arrangement (see pectinated, 2): said of fibrovascular bundles.

Having teeth like a comb; formed as or into a pectination; comb-like in figure; pectinated: as, the pectinate muscles of the heart; pectinate scales of a fish; pectinate armature of the preoperculum.

Specifically— Having a pecten, pectination, or comb-like part or organ; pectinated: as, the pectinate claw of a bird.

In botany, having resemblance to the teeth of a comb, or arranged like them: specifically applied to a pinnatifid organ, particularly a leaf, with narrow close segments, like the teeth of a comb.

Resembling the teeth of a comb.

Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike. See Illust. (e) of Antennæ.

Interlaced, like two combs.

a claw having a serrate edge, found in some birds, and supposed to be used in cleaning the feathers.

Resembling a comb.