Pecten

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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.

2. The pubic bone.

3. Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidæ); a scallop. See Scallop.

4. The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b).