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Pecten

A thin ridge projecting from the retina of the eye and found only in birds. Its function is uncertain but its largest in some types of raptor and smallest in nocturnal birds.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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