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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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 ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
pecten
pec ten |ˈpektən ˈpɛktn | ▶noun ( pl. pectens |ˈpektnz | or pectines |ˈpektnēz | ) Zoology 1 any of a number of comblike structures occurring in animal bodies, in particular: • a pigmented vascular projection from the choroid in the eye of a bird. • an appendage of an insect consisting of or bearing a row of bristles or chitinous teeth. • a sensory appendage on the underside of a scorpion. 2 a scallop. [Genus Pecten, family Pectinidae. ] DERIVATIVES pec ti nate |ˈpektənit, -ˌnāt |adjective, pec ti nat ed |-ˌnātid |adjective, pec ti na tion |ˌpektəˈnāSHən |noun pecten ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the metacarpus ): from Latin pecten, pectin- ‘a comb, rake. ’
Oxford Dictionary
pecten
pecten |ˈpɛktɛn | ▶noun ( pl. pectens or pectines |-tɪniːz | ) Zoology 1 any of a number of comb-like structures occurring in animal bodies, in particular: • a pigmented vascular projection from the choroid in the eye of a bird. • an appendage of an insect consisting of or bearing a row of bristles or chitinous teeth. • a sensory appendage on the underside of a scorpion. 2 a scallop. ●Genus Pecten, family Pectinidae. DERIVATIVES pectinate |-nət |adjective, pectinated |-neɪtɪd |adjective, pectination |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the metacarpus ): from Latin pecten, pectin- ‘a comb, rake ’.
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