Definitions for pectens

pectens pec·ten

Spelling: [pek-tuh n]
IPA: /ˈpɛk tən/

Pectens is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in pectens (ceenpst).

Definitions for pectens

noun

  1. Zoology, Anatomy. a comblike part or process. a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
  2. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Pecten; scallop.

Origin of pectens

1350-1400; Middle English Latin pecten comb, rake, scallop, pubes, akin to pectere, Greek pékein to comb, card

Examples for pectens

The scallop-shells (pecten) are objects too familiar to require any general description.

The Scollop Shell (pecten concentricus), used for card-racks and pin-cushions.

On this day however a new structure appears, which remains permanently through life, and is known as the pecten.

"Scallops of the lesser sort" are probably pecten opercularius and P. varius.

Scallops (pecten) will be found at the base of the plants, and the common prawns are very numerous, swimming freely about.

The species P. maculatum lives in Mytilus edulis (mussel) and in the smooth scallop, pecten magellanicus.

Found on pecten shells, and abundant off the coast of Maine.

The species chiefly used on the Atlantic coast are the pecten irradians and P. concentricus.

Thus a Crepidula on a pecten shell will be ribbed while the same species on a stone will be perfectly smooth.

The proximal part of the free edge of the pecten is somewhat swollen, and sections through this part have a club-shaped form.

Word Value for pectens
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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