Pecten

(pěk'těn.) [L., a comb.] (Zool.) Agenus of lamellibranch i a to us mollusks, fam. Aviculidæ, including the Scallop-shell, O.Jacobæus, a native of the Mediterranean, which pilgrims were accustomed to wear in front of their hats, in token of their having visited the shrine of St. James of Compos tell a. [s. 691]