pettine

Definitions of pettine
  1. noun
    a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
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    types:
    brusca, striglia
    a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
    type of:
    strumento
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
  2. noun
    edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
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    type of:
    acefali, lamellibranchi
    marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
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