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pecten

Pronunciation: [ˈpɛk.tɛn]

“pecten” is a Latin word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. comb
  2. pubic hair
  3. hair
  4. scallop
  5. the reed or sley of a weaver's loom
  6. weaving
  7. an instrument with which the strings of the lyre are struck; a plectrum, quill
  8. the lyre itself
  9. a poem or song
  10. a rake

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pekten, from Proto-Indo-European *pḱtḗn, ultimately from the root *peḱ- (“pluck”, whence pectō). Cognate with Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís).

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