pecten

1 definition found

pecten - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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. (Zool.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus
        Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family
        Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See Scallop.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Zool.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4
        (b) .
            [1913 Webster]