PECTEN

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
n.

The pubic bone.

3.
n.

Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidæ); a scallop. See Scallop.

4.
n.

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


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