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noun
The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
The pubic bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A comb structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Short for pecten oculi
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
One of the genus Pecten of scallops.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
From Latin pecten (“comb”).
