||Pe*cop"te*ris (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to comb + &?; a kind of
||fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from
||the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.
||Pec"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. pecus. See Pecuniary.] (Zoˆl.) An
||extensive division of ruminants, including the antelopes, deer, and
||cattle.
Pec"tate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of pectic acid.
Pec"ten (?), n. [L. pecten, - inis, a comb, a kind of shellfish. See
Pectinate.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting
into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in
many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium. (b) The pubic bone.
2. (Zoˆl.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and
numerous allied genera (family PectinidÊ); a scallop. See Scallop.