Pecten

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A body structure or organ resembling a comb, as the ridged part of the eyelid of reptiles and birds.
  • n. A scallop of the genus Pecten.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
  • n. The pubic bone.
  • n. One of the genus Pecten of scallops.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium.
  • n. The pubic bone.
  • n. Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidæ); a scallop. See Scallop.
  • n. The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In zoology and anatomy, a comb or comb-like part or process; something pectinated; a pectination.
  • In conchology: [capitalized] [NL.] The typical genus of the family Pectinidæ, having a regular, suborbicular, auriculate shell, with approximate umbones, and radiating ribs compared to the teeth of a comb; the scallops.
    • Word Usage
    "The pecten is shaved either without or after using depilatories, of which more presently."
    Cross Reference
    pecten pubicum   
    Variant
    marsupium    scallop    comb   
     
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