ctenoid

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ctenoid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ctenoid \Cte"noid\ (t[=e]"noid or t[e^]n"oid), a. (Zool.)
     (a) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale.
     (b) Pertaining to the Ctenoidei. -- n. A ctenoidean.
         [1913 Webster]

ctenoid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ctenoid
      adj 1: resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a
             comb [syn: ctenoid, comb-like]