What does pectinal mean?
Pectinal means Of or relating to a comb; resembling a comb..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of or relating to a comb; resembling a comb..
pectinal teeth
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 comb; for when they apply themselves to sleep or rest upon the white side, their eies on the other side look upward toward heaven.
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Pectinal means Of or relating to a comb; resembling a comb..
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pectinal teeth
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