Usually means: Muscle located in the thigh.
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  4. Pectineus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pectineus)

noun:  (anatomy) A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.

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