pecten
n. (வில.) சீப்புப்போன்ற அமைப்புடைய உறுப்பு.
Pec"ten, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.) Defn: Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidæ); a scallop. See Scallop. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).