Pecten

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. (Zool.) 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. (Zool.) The comb of a scorpion. See {Comb}, 4
        (b) .
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