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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pecten \Pec"ten\, noun [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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus {Pecten}, and numerous allied genera (family {Pectinid[ae]}); a scallop. See {Scallop}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The comb of a scorpion. See {Comb}, 4 (b) .
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