See pecten on Wiktionary
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"english": "The Naiad nymphs were there, some with locks dishevelled without the application of the comb,\nothers with their hair arranged both with taste and labour.\n1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 27.",
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