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cte•nid•i•um
Pronunciation: (ti-nid'ē-um), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -nid•i•aPronunciation: (-nid'ē-u). [key]
Zool.
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
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