comb

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Comb jellies have muscles and a network of neurons, so they were thought to branch later.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

Comb jellies may have evolved their own weird nervous system independently of other animals, using some of the same building blocks.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

The Bar Hill Comb will now be kept at the Cambridgeshire Archaeology Archive, the main repository for material found as part of archaeological fieldwork in the county.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023

Comb serves “as production facilities and storage space for honey, a repository for pollen, a nursery for larvae and pupae, and a ‘phone network’ for communication.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

Comb out the fringes of Persian carpets with a pick.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich