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comb 1. a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc. 2. the fleshy deeply serrated outgrowth on the top of the heads of certain birds, esp the domestic fowl 3. a currycomb 4. a honeycomb 5. the row of fused cilia in a ctenophore comb [kōm] (design engineering) (invertebrate zoology) A system of hexagonal cells constructed of beeswax by a colony of bees. A comblike swimming plate in ctenophores. (vertebrate zoology) A crest of naked tissue on the head of many male fowl. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The witch counselled her to go to the pond the first time there was a full moon, and to comb her black hair with a golden comb, and then to place the comb on the bank. If the stock had not been old and overcrowded, the Wax-moth would never have entered; but where bees are too thick on the comb there must be sickness or parasites. The comb was to be a leaden one, because his beard, like that of most fair people, was rather red; he therefore dyed it thus whilst combing it. |
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