Definition of "pecten" []

• A body structure or organ resembling a comb, as the ridged part of the eyelid of reptiles and birds. (noun)
• A scallop of the genus Pecten. (noun)

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• "The pecten is shaved either without or after using depilatories, of which more presently."
• "What birds have instead is a strange structure inside their eye called the pecten oculi, which looks kind of like an old steam radiator dangling into the vitreous humor, which seems to be a metabolic specialization to secrete oxygen and nutrients into the vitreous to supply by diffusion the retina."
• "Here, however, Habk is a pennyroyal (mentha puligium), and probably alludes to the pecten."