Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the musculi pectinati, or small prominent muscular columns on the walls of the auricular appendages of the heart.
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Examples
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Growing submerged in the marsh pools and low salinity open water are narrow-leaved pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, Zannichellia palustris, Ekebergia spp.,
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The large Manzala coastal lagoon supports beds of Ceratophyllum demersum, Potamogeton crispus, and P. pectinatus around the southern shore as well as dense phytoplankton.
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The muddy bays of South Island have extensive submerged beds of Potamogeton pectinatus which shelter spawning fish.
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In western Coahuila State, lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), Prosopis glandulosa and Opuntia macrocentra and Echinocereus pectinatus are the dominant species.
Chihuahuan desert 2008
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The dominant species of aquatic vegetation are Potamogeton illionoensis, Scirpus pectinatus, tule (Typha latifolia), T. dominguensis and Nymphaea mexicana.
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Echinocactus pectiniferus (probably Echinocereus pectinatus)
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When not in flower, this species bears a close resemblance to small plants of Cereus pectinatus.
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When not in flower it might easily be mistaken for Echinocactus pectinatus.
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Into those ponds much good duck food has been introduced, -- _Potamogeton pectinatus_ and _perfoliatus_.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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[Footnote 1: Two other species are found in the Ceylon waters, _P. cuspidatus_ and _P. pectinatus_.] [Illustration: HEAD OF THE SAWFISH (PRISTIS ANTIQUORUM)]
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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