- Look up
Pecten,
pecten, or
pectin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pecten or
pectin may
refer to:
Pecten (biology), any comb like
structure in animals...
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Pecten maximus,
common names the
great scallop, king scallop, St
James s**** or escallop, is a
northeast Atlantic species of scallop, an
edible sal****er...
- 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 a non-sensory,
pigmented structure...
- Pectinidae,
which is
based on the name of the type genus,
Pecten,
comes from the
Latin pecten meaning comb, in
reference to a comb-like
structure of the...
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Pecten is a
genus of
large scallops or sal****er clams,
marine bivalve molluscs in the
family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type
genus of the family...
- in
being more rounded. The bill is
usually broad and
contains serrated pectens,
which are
particularly well
defined in the filter-feeding species. In...
- A
pecten (pl.:
pectens or pectines[full
citation needed]) is a comb-like structure,
widely found in the
biological world.
Although pectens in
various animals...
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Pecten jacobaeus, the
Mediterranean scallop, is a
species of scallop, an
edible sal****er scallop, a
marine bivalve mollusc in the
family Pectinidae, the...
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Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (commonly
known as
hairbrush or
Indian comb) is a
columnar cactus plant native to Mexico. They can grow up to 15 m (49 ft)...
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Phyllodesmium pecten is a
species of sea slug, an
aeolid nudibranch, a
marine gastropod mollusc in the
family Facelinidae. The type
locality for Phyllodesmium...
