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Definition of Pectens
1. pecten [n] - See also: pecten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectens
Literary usage of Pectens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"A comparison of some pectens from the east and the west coasts of the United States.
[With bibliography.] Parker, GA, ed. Mark Anniversary Volume, New York, ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The pectens are widely diffused, and species are to be found in the seas of most
climates. Though there is a general similitude in the shells of all tho ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"'Ihe bottoms haunted by the pectens have been found to be sands, sandy mud, and
mud. Linnaeus separated this extensive genus, that is, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1872)
"Argillaceous shale, with casts of fuel 1 shells of pectens and corals . ...
also pectens ... ... 0 6 3. Dark gray, soft sandy bed with ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"I wished to get recent pectens from this locality, but the nearest place ...
These pectens may therefore stand as the nearest recent descendants of the ..."
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