Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectinations
Literary usage of Pectinations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"The inner ro\v of pectinations on the right antenna consists of ... Antenna; with
densely-ciliated pectinations, though shorter than is usual in the S . The ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1900)
"pectinations apparently scaleless, hairs pale (more numerous and shorter than in F.
casta), about one-fourth length of ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"The pectinations are slightly clubbed and clothed on all aspects with sense-hairs.
The scaling is confined to the shaft on its dorsal aspect, ..."
4. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"The pectinations on the toes very imperfect. Some of its comrades flew off and
... Length 18, extension 27 inches; exactly as above, but pectinations of the ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1893)
"The antennal development is much less perfect, and we find, in the females, first
a short ending of one pair of pectinations, then the disappearance of one ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1903)
"Antennae pale grey ; in <? with two pairs of pectinations on each segment, a
shorter proximal pair (2) and a longer distal pair (3), ..."
7. Contributions Toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Lepidopterous Family by John Bernhard Smith (1895)
"The bristles gradually change to pectinations, long or s'hort, never more than
... There is also considerable variation in the length of the pectinations, ..."
8. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1903)
"outer pectinations longer than inner. Forewings rather elongate ... Antennae dark
grey, with a rather long series of outer pectinations (5), ..."
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