Pecten
Encyclopedia
Pecten is Latin
for "honeycomb
." Its genitive form
is pectinis, which yields the root pectin-.
Pecten may refer to:
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for "honeycomb
Honeycomb
A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal waxcells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey...
." Its genitive form
Genitive case
In grammar, genitive is the grammatical case that marks a noun as modifying another noun...
is pectinis, which yields the root pectin-.
Pecten may refer to:
- Pecten (biology), any honeycomb structure in animals
- Pecten oculiPecten oculiThe pecten or pecten oculi is a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird. It is non-sensory and is a pigmented structure that projects into the vitreous body from the point where the optic nerve enters the eyeball. The pecten is believed to both nourish the...
, a structure in the bird retina which contains most of the vasculature - Various pectineal linePectineal lineOn the posterior surface of the femur, the intermediate ridge or pectineal line is continued to the base of the lesser trochanter and gives attachment to the pectineus muscle....
s in anatomy, especially the pectineal line (pubis)Pectineal line (pubis)The pecten pubis or pectineal line of the pubis is a ridge on the superior ramus of the pubic bone.The pecten pubis forms part of the pelvic brim.Lying across it are fibers of the pectineal ligament and the proximal origin of the pectineus muscle.... - Pecten (bivalve), a genus of scallops which includes the Great or King Scallop, Pecten maximus
- PectinidaePectinidaeThe Pectinidae are a family of bivalve mollusks including the scallop and closely related to the clam and oyster. They are hermaphrodite, and the male gonads mature first. Pectinidae can live attached by means of a filament they secrete, or are simply recumbent. Their valves can propel them...
, a family of bivalve mollusks - PectinoideaPectinoideaPectinoidea is a superfamily of marine bivalve mollusks.The Pectinoidea include the following families:-Further reading:*...
, a superfamily of bivalve mollusks which includes Pectinidae - Pectineus musclePectineus muscleThe pectineus muscle is a flat, quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh....
, a thigh muscle - A subsidiary of Shell Oil CompanyShell Oil CompanyShell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas...
See also
- PectinPectinPectin is a structural heteropolysaccharide contained in the primary cell walls of terrestrial plants. It was first isolated and described in 1825 by Henri Braconnot...
, from an unrelated Greek root - PectinivalvaPectinivalvaPectinivalva is a genus of moths of the Nepticulidae family.-Species:*Pectinivalva anazona *Pectinivalva caenodora *Pectinivalva chalcitis *Pectinivalva commoni Scoble, 1983...
, a moth genus