pecten
pectines
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pluralof pecten.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the very thickest strata of our freestone, and at considerable depths, well-diggers often find large scallops or pectines, having both shells deeply striated, and ridged and furrowed alternately.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
In the very thickest strata of our freestone, and at considerable depths, well-diggers often find large scallops or pectines, having both shells deeply striated, and ridged and furrowed alternately.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
