GENUS PECTEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pecten mean? 

• GENUS PECTEN (noun)
  The noun GENUS PECTEN has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops

  Familiarity information: GENUS PECTEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PECTEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Pecten" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pecten"):

bay scallop; Pecten irradians (a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America)

giant scallop; Pecten magellanicus; sea scallop (a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America)

Holonyms ("genus Pecten" is a member of...):

family Pectinidae; Pectinidae (scallops)