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Pecten
(gcide) | Pecten \Pec"ten\, n. [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.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus
Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family
Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See Scallop.
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3. (Zool.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4
(b) .
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Pecten Clintonius
(gcide) | Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably
of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish;
cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf.
Escalop.] [Written also scollop.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the
family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed,
and the edge is therefore often undulated in a
characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some
the species is much used as food. One species ({Vola
Jacobaeus}) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its
shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they
had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See
Pecten, 2.
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Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States
is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used
as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. {Pecten
tenuicostatus}.
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2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their
extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of
a scallop shell.
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3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a
scallop shell.
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Pecten irradians
(gcide) | Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably
of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish;
cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf.
Escalop.] [Written also scollop.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the
family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed,
and the edge is therefore often undulated in a
characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some
the species is much used as food. One species ({Vola
Jacobaeus}) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its
shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they
had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See
Pecten, 2.
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Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States
is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used
as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. {Pecten
tenuicostatus}.
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2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their
extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of
a scallop shell.
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3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a
scallop shell.
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Pecten opercularis
(gcide) | Quin \Quin\, n. (Zool.)
A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Pecten tenuicostatus
(gcide) | Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably
of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish;
cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf.
Escalop.] [Written also scollop.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the
family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed,
and the edge is therefore often undulated in a
characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some
the species is much used as food. One species ({Vola
Jacobaeus}) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its
shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they
had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See
Pecten, 2.
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Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States
is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used
as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. {Pecten
tenuicostatus}.
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2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their
extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of
a scallop shell.
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3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a
scallop shell.
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Scandix Pecten-Veneris
(gcide) | Lady's comb \La"dy's comb"\, (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its
clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.
[1913 Webster]Cammock \Cam"mock\, n. [AS. cammoc.] (Bot.)
A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the {Ononis
spinosa}; -- called also rest-harrow. The {Scandix
Pecten-Veneris} is also called cammock.
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genus pecten
(wn) | genus Pecten
n 1: type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops |
pecten irradians
(wn) | Pecten irradians
n 1: a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of
the Atlantic coast of North America [syn: bay scallop,
Pecten irradians] |
pecten magellanicus
(wn) | Pecten magellanicus
n 1: a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic
coast of North America [syn: sea scallop, {giant
scallop}, Pecten magellanicus] |
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