Found 1 items, similar to pecten.
English → English (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See Scallop. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b) . [1913 Webster]