Pecten

Pecten is Latin for "honeycomb." Its genitive form is pectinis, which yields the root pectin-.

Pecten may refer to:

• Pecten (biology), any honeycomb structure in animals
• Pecten oculi, a structure in the bird retina which contains most of the vasculature
• Various pectineal lines in anatomy, especially the pectineal line (pubis)
• Pecten (bivalve), a genus of scallops which includes the Great or King Scallop, Pecten maximus
• Pectinidae, a family of bivalve mollusks
• Pectinoidea, a superfamily of bivalve mollusks which includes Pectinidae
• Pectineus muscle, a thigh muscle
• A subsidiary of Shell Oil Company

See also

• Pectin, from an unrelated Greek root
• Pectinivalva, a moth genus