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pectinate lines

pectinate lines is the plural of pectinate line.

Meaning of pectinate line

Noun

pectinate line (plural pectinate lines)

  1. The line that divides the upper two thirds of the anal canal from the lower third. Developmentally, it represents the hindgut-proctodeum junction.

Questions about pectinate lines

What is pectinate lines the plural of?
Pectinate lines is the plural of pectinate line.

Words near pectinate lines in the dictionary

  1. pectinariids
  2. pectinase
  3. pectinases
  4. pectinate
  5. pectinate line
  6. pectinate lines
  7. pectinated
  8. pectinately
  9. pectinates
  10. pectinating
  11. pectination

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