pectinal
Of or relating to a comb; resembling a comb.
Adjective
- Of or relating to a comb; resembling a comb.
- pectinal teeth
Origin
Latin pecten (“comb”). See pectinate. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -al.
Forms
Noun
- A fish whose bones resemble the teeth of a comb.
- Now although Galen in this place makes instance but in one, yet there are other fishes, whose eies regard the heavens, as Plane, and cartilagineous fishes, as pectinals, or such as have their bones made laterally like a...