pecten

A body structure or organ resembling a comb, such as a pleated vascularized structure in a bird’s eye that projects into the vitreous humor from the retina.

A scallop of the genus Pecten.

In zoology and anatomy, a comb or comb-like part or process; something pectinated; a pectination.

In conchology: [capitalized] [NL.] The typical genus of the family Pectinidæ, having a regular, suborbicular, auriculate shell, with approximate umbones, and radiating ribs compared to the teeth of a comb; the scallops.

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.

The pubic bone.

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

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

The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.