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Definition of Pectinal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.
2. n. A fish whose bone&?; resemble comb teeth.
Definition of Pectinal
1. Noun. A fish whose bones resemble the teeth of a comb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pectinal
1. of a comb [adj]
Medical Definition of Pectinal
1. A fish whose bone resemble comb teeth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectinal
Literary usage of Pectinal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Through Unknown African Countries: The First Expedition from Somaliland to by Arthur Donaldson Smith (1897)
"Number of pectinal teeth, 18. Thus in this example the hand is not so wide as in
the preceding, being less than the length of the movable digit. ''3) i? ..."
2. The Origin of Vertebrates by Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1908)
"In both he shows that the main portion of the pectinal nerve arises from a
swelling, to which he gives the name ganglion nodosum. ..."
3. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Branch (1901)
"The general colour is dark reddish brown, not distinctly variegated. pectinal teeth
4. Length 56 mm. ."i. ... pectinal teeth 3 (?). Length 24 mm. Ci. ..."
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