| Pecten 1. (n.) 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. 2. (n.) The pubic bone. 3. (n.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidae); a scallop. See Scallop. 4. (n.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b). Thesaurus Entries comb, commonality, commonalty, crag, creature, fang, flunky, follower, harrow, hoi polloi, inferior, jag, junior, lightweight, lower class, lower orders, masses, pawn, peak, pecten, projection, rake, ratchet, sawtooth, second fiddle, secondary, snag, snaggle, spire, sprocket, spur, steeple, subaltern, subordinate, third stringer, tooth, underling, understrapper, yes-man |