HyperDic: genus_pecten

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pecten:
NOUNanimalgenus Pectentype genus of the family Pectinidae
English > genus Pecten: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops.
Member ofPectinidae, family Pectinidaescallops
Membersbay scallop, Pecten irradiansA small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America
sea scallop, giant scallop, Pecten magellanicusA large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America
Broadermollusk genusA genus of mollusks
Spanishgénero Pecten, genus pecten
Catalangenus pecten

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