The term pectinate sulcate is employed on account of a series of small elevations on the ridges, giving them a pectinate, or comb-like, appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

Spikes solitary; spikelets 1-flowered; first glume of the sessile spikelet pectinate 21.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

Duplicate-pectinate: having the branches of a bipectinated antenna alternately long and short.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

The iris becomes attached to the pectinate ligament and to the endothelium of Descemet's membrane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference

Treacher Collins found, after a careful examination of eyes upon which iridectomy had been performed for glaucoma, that it is extremely rare for the initial section to pass through the pectinate ligament, while Schlemm's canal invariably escapes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference

"I don't suppose you know that the antennæ of that silvery-winged moth are distinctly pectinate," I said.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Search of the Unknown] Reference

Antennae can be clavate, moniliform, filiform, pectinate, geniculate, or serrate. legs that end in two to five small segments which are called tarsi, and are somehwhat like feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The margin is thin and marked by deep furrows and ridges, so that it is deeply striate, or the terms sulcate or pectinate sulcate are used to express the character of the margin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

The aqueous humor drains into the scleral sinuses by passage through the “pectinate villi” which are analogous in structure and function to the arachnoid villi of the cerebral meninges.    From Wordnik.com.  [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye] Reference

Some of the fibers of this trabecular tissue are continued into the substance of the iris, forming the pectinate ligament of the iris; while others are connected with the forepart of the sclera and choroid.    From Wordnik.com.  [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye] Reference

9-nerved, and with pectinate margins consisting of long, spreading, upcurved spines and at the top with subquadrate wings on each side reaching beyond the acute tip.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

"dendritic" hairs look like trees, and "pectinate" hairs like combs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference