pectinal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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 comb; for when they apply themselves to sleep or rest upon the white side, their eies on the other side look upward toward heaven.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to a comb; resembling a comb.
    — pectinal teeth

词形变化

more pectinal comparative most pectinal superlative pectinals plural

词源

词源 1
Latin pecten (“comb”). See pectinate. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -al.
词源 2
Latin pecten (“comb”). See pectinate. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -al.
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