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How to use pecten in a sentence

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The heavily pigmented, pleated pecten was identified in the ventrolateral aspect of the fundus, protruding into the vitreous.
The pecten is also used to preen feathers and to hold slippery food items.
Curiously the Linnaeus name Pecten jacobeus is given to the Mediterranean scallop, while the scallop endemic to Galicia is called Pecten maximus due to its bigger size.
Examples from Classical Literature
A special sense-organ, such as the flabellum of Limulus or the pecten of scorpion, remains and gives rise to the auditory organ.
On this day however a new structure appears, which remains permanently through life, and is known as the pecten.
The proximal part of the free edge of the pecten is somewhat swollen, and sections through this part have a club-shaped form.
Thus a Crepidula on a pecten shell will be ribbed while the same species on a stone will be perfectly smooth.
Found on pecten shells, and abundant off the coast of Maine.
Wilkens documented more eyes on the upper compared with the lower mantle of the single Bermuda scallop he sampled, and Dakin reported a similar pattern in Pecten opercular is.
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