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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus
Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family
Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See Scallop.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b) .
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |