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Showing words for PECTEN using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Pecten

pecten

5 Letter Words for Pecten

ctene, pence

4 Letter Words for Pecten

cene, cent, cepe, cete, eten, neep, neet, nete, peen, pene, pent, pete, pnce, teen, tene, tepe

3 Letter Words for Pecten

cee, cen, cep, cpt, cte, ctn, ect, eec, een, enc, ene, etc, nee, nep, net, pct, pec, pee, pen, pet, pte, tcp, tec, tee, ten

Definitions for Pecten

[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.
[3] a comblike structure in the eye of birds and reptiles, consisting of a network of blood vessels projecting inwards from the retina, which it is thought to supply with oxygen
[4] any other comblike part or organ
[5] any scallop of the genus Pecten, which swim by expelling water from their shell valves in a series of snapping motions

Words nearby Pecten

pecos bill, pecquet, pecs, pectase, pectate, pecten, pecten band, pectenitis, pectenosis, pectic, pectic acid

Origin of Pecten

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

Word origin for Pecten

C18: from Latin: a comb, from pectere, related to Greek pekein to comb