"fine-toothed comb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fine-toothed combs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fine-toothed comb (plural fine-toothed combs)
  1. Alternative form of fine-tooth comb Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fine-tooth comb
    Sense id: en-fine-toothed_comb-en-noun-Stn1IGbR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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