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Pecten is Latin for comb
Comb

A comb is a device made of solid material, generally flat, always toothed, and is used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibers....
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Pecten is Latin for comb
Comb

A comb is a device made of solid material, generally flat, always toothed, and is used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibers....
, and can refer to:

  • Pecten oculi
    Pecten oculi

    The pecten or pecten oculi is a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird. It is non-sensory and is a pigmented structure that projects into the vitreous body from the point where the optic nerve enters the eyeball....
     - a structure in the bird retina which contains most of the vasculature
  • Various pectineal line
    Pectineal line

    On the posterior surface of the femur, the intermediate ridge or pectineal line is continued to the base of the lesser trochanter and gives attachment to the pectineus muscle....
    s in anatomy
  • Pecten (Arachnid), a respiratory structure
  • Pecten (bivalve)
    Pecten (bivalve)

    Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, Marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.This is the type genus of the family....
    , a genus
    Genus

    A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
     of scallop
    Scallop

    A scallop is a Marine bivalve mollusk of the Family Pectinidae. Scallops are a wiktionary:cosmopolitan family, found in all of the world's oceans....
    s which includes the Great or King Scallop, Pecten maximus


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  • pectin
    Pectin

    Pectin is a structural heteropolysaccharide contained in the primary cell walls of terrestrial plants. It was first isolated and described in 1825 by Henri Braconnot....