Pecten
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Pecten may refer to:
- Pecten (biology), any comb like structure in animals
- Pecten oculi, a structure in the bird retina which contains most of the vasculature
- Various pectineal lines in anatomy, especially the pectineal line (pubis)
- Pecten (bivalve), a genus of scallops which includes the Great or King Scallop, Pecten maximus
- The Venus Comb Murex, after its scientific name Murex pecten
- Pectinidae, a family of bivalve mollusks
- Pectinoidea, a superfamily of bivalve mollusks which includes Pectinidae
- Pectineus muscle, a thigh muscle
- A subsidiary of Sinopec
See also
- Pectin, from an unrelated Greek root
- Pectinivalva, a moth genus
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