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(zoology) Any of the Pectinacea, an obsolete suborder of mollusks now known as the superfamily Pectinoidea..
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Pectinacean means (zoology) Any of the Pectinacea, an obsolete suborder of mollusks now known as the superfamily Pectinoidea..
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