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Definition: Pecten
Pecten
\Pec"ten\, n. [L. pecten, -inis, a comb, a kind of
shellfish. See
Pectinate.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) 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.
(b) The pubic bone.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus
Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family
Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See
Scallop.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The comb of a scorpion. See
Comb, 4
(b) .
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