PECTEN

noun the pubic bone.

2. pecten ·noun the comb of a scorpion. ·see comb, 4 (b).

3. pecten ·noun any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus pecten, and numerous allied genera (family pectinidae); a scallop. ·see scallop.

4. 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.