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, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
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
