Category:Pecten

Pec"ten, n. Etym: [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.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus pecten, and Numerous allied genera (family pectinidæ); a scallop. See scallop.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: the comb of a scorpion. See comb, 4 (b).