. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. tree. They are omniv-orous ; and if hurtful to crojjs, render service bj-^destroying reptiles. Theii- voice is somewhat likethat of the hog, but more sharp. Their fleshresembles that of the hog, but is said to be glands on the loins must be cut out immediatelyafter the P. is killed, or their fetid humom- infects thewhole flesh. Remains of extinct peccaries are commonin the Postpliocene formation of N. America. PE-CHIH-LE. See Chih-lk. PECK, a measure of capacity for dry goods,euch as grain, fruit, &c.,
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. tree. They are omniv-orous ; and if hurtful to crojjs, render service bj-^destroying reptiles. Theii- voice is somewhat likethat of the hog, but more sharp. Their fleshresembles that of the hog, but is said to be glands on the loins must be cut out immediatelyafter the P. is killed, or their fetid humom- infects thewhole flesh. Remains of extinct peccaries are commonin the Postpliocene formation of N. America. PE-CHIH-LE. See Chih-lk. PECK, a measure of capacity for dry goods,euch as grain, fruit, &c., used in Britain, and ecpiiva-lent to 2 imijerial gallons, or 554-548 cubic is thus the fourth jjart of a Bushel (q. v.). Theold Scotch peck, the 16th part of a boll, when ofwheat, was slightly less than the im])erial peck; butwhen of barley, was equal to about 1 -456 of it. PECORA (Lat. cattle), a Linnosan order ofMammalia, now generally caUed Ruminantia (q. v.). PECOS, a river of Tex.^s, , rises in theEiountains near Santa Fe, JSew Mexico, runs south-318. shared by other easterly 600 miles through New Mexico and Texas,and flows into the Rio trrande-del-Norte, in 29° 20 N., long. 102° W. PECTEN, a genus of lamellibranchiate molluscs,commonly referred to the same family with theoyster (Ostreadce), which is sometimes called Pecti-nidce. The shell has neither teeth nor lamime inthe hinge ; the valves are unequal, one of thembeing often much more convex than the other ; theshape is regular; the hinge is extended by ears,and in most of the species both valves have ribsradiating from the umboto the margin. Hence thename peclen (Lat. a comb),from the appearance whichthey present. The animalhas a small foot; sonie ofthe species are capable ofattaching themselves by abyssus; they are capablealso of locomotion by open-ing and rapidly closing thevalves, and in this way caneven regain the sea froma short distance by leapingon the shore. Some of thelarg
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