comb
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comb (noun; Anglo-Saxon camb, comb): 1. Any of various comb-like structures.
2. (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) The pecten of scorpions.
3. (Arthropoda: Insecta) a. The strigil. b. The many brood cells or cocoons regularly arranged in the nests of many species of social wasps and bees. c. The pecten or pollen rake of honeybees
See also: combs. 4. (Ctenophora) see comb rows. 5. (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) In Comasteridae, the modified segments of the distal part of the lower pinnules. 6. (Mollusca) The ctenidium.
