What does «pecten» mean in Spanish?
- Pubis, front part of the iliac bone.
- Section of umbelliferous plants.
- Edible mollusk of the lamellibranch class, also known as comb.
- A genus of marine lamellibranch mollusks with unequal shells. This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary period.
- Appendix of the scorpions that has the shape of a comb.
- A comb-like structure made up of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of all birds and some reptiles. Also called ocular comb. It is thought to be responsible for nourishing the retina and controlling the pH of the vitreous humor.