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pecten
[ pek-tuhn ]
noun
- 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.
- any bivalve mollusk of the genus Pecten; scallop.
pecten
/ 藞辫蓻办迟瑟苍 /
noun
- 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
- any other comblike part or organ
- any scallop of the genus Pecten, which swim by expelling water from their shell valves in a series of snapping motions
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pecten1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pecten1
Example Sentences
For a paper published today in the journal Science, researchers used a few different microscope techniques to get a detailed view of how the king scallop, or Pecten maximus, is able to see.
As a 16-year-old, he joined the Merchant Navy and found himself a place as a deck cadet aboard the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's ship, the Pecten.
Pecten vitreus, in Eagle Bay, 37.
Of the Linn锟絘n genus, Ostrea, there are many sorts, on all parts of the coast, both east and west, but they are what we call the pecten or scollop.
Pecten, pek鈥瞭en, n. a genus of molluscs, one species of which is the scallop鈥攕o called from the valves having ribs radiating from the umbo to the margin like a comb: a membrane on the eyes of birds.鈥攁djs.
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