Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In Mollusca, having 2 rows of plates on the ctenidium, or gill, arranged, typically, perpendicularly to the axis, as in Aspidobranchiata and Tectibranchiata. Also bipennate.
  • Having two margins toothed like a comb: used especially in botany and zoölogy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Having two margins toothed like a comb.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology Having two margins toothed like a comb.

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ pectinate

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