pec|ten

pec|ten
pec|ten «PEHK tuhn», noun, plural -ti|nes.
1. a comblike part, especially a membrane in the eyes of most birds and some reptiles and fishes that projects from the choroid coat into the vitreous humor and has parallel folds that suggest the teeth of a comb.
2. any of a common genus of scallops.
[< Latin pecten, -inis a comb, rake < pectere to comb]

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