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pectinate

pec.ti.nate also pec.ti.nat.ed \'pek-t*-.na-t\ \-.na-t-*d\ 
   \.pek-t*-'na--sh*n\ aj [L pectinatus, fr. pectin-, pecten comb; akin to Gk 
   kten-)X, kteis comb, L pectere to comb - more at FEE : having narrow 
   parallel projections or divisions suggestive of the teeth  of a comb - 
   pec.ti.na.tion n