Pecten

·noun The pubic bone.

II. Pecten ·noun The comb of a scorpion. ·see Comb, 4 (b).

III. Pecten ·noun Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidae); a scallop. ·see Scallop.

IV. Pecten ·noun 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.