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pec·ten
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tən
/
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-t
uh
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noun,
plural
pec·tens,
pec·ti·nes
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-təˌniz
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uh
-neez
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.
1.
Zoology,
Anatomy
.
a.
a comblike part or process.
b.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
2.
any bivalve mollusk of the genus
Pecten;
scallop.
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Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Latin
pecten
comb, rake, scallop, pubes, akin to
pectere,
Greek
pékein
to comb, card
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