Word.ws English Dictionary

pectiform

pectiform adjective: comb-shaped.

Adjective

pectiform (comparative more pectiform, superlative most pectiform)

  1. Comb-shaped.
    • Pectiform symbols were inscribed on the wall of the cave.
    Synonyms:
    cteniform

Synonyms of pectiform

Forms of pectiform

comparativemore pectiform
superlativemost pectiform

Origin of pectiform

From Latin pecto + -form.

Questions about pectiform

What does pectiform mean?
Pectiform means comb-shaped.
What part of speech is pectiform?
Pectiform is an adjective.

Words near pectiform in the dictionary

  1. pectenoxanthin
  2. pectens
  3. pectic
  4. pectic acid
  5. pectic acids
  6. pectiform
  7. pectin
  8. pectinacean
  9. pectinaceans
  10. pectinaceous
  11. pectinal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pectiform (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “pectiform.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pectiform. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.