comby

Resembling or characteristic of a comb.

Adjective

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a comb.

    Hyponyms: cteniform

  2. Formed of vertical plates, or combs.
    • a comby lode
    • Some parts of a vein may exhibit a comby structure, while others show no trace of any particular arrangement. - 1884, John Arthur Phillips, A Treatise on Ore Deposits, page 44:
  3. Of a wheel: having a defect consisting of a network of fine cracks covering a small area of the tread.

Origin

From comb + -y.

Forms

more comby most comby

Derived

combiness