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bay scallop — bay′ scal lop n. 1) ivt a small scallop, Pecten irradians, of shallow North American Atlantic waters 2) ivt the edible adductor muscle of this scallop, having a sweet and delicate flavor … From formal English to slang
bay scallop — noun 1. muscle of small choice shallow water scallops • Hypernyms: ↑scallop, ↑scollop, ↑escallop • Part Holonyms: ↑Pecten irradians 2. a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bay scallop — noun Date: 1943 a scallop (Argopecten irradians) of United States coastal and estuarine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico that is harvested commercially for food … New Collegiate Dictionary
Scallop — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
scallop — /skol euhp, skal /, n. 1. any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together. 2. the adductor muscle of certain species of such mollusks, used as food. 3 … Universalium
Atlantic calico scallop — Taxobox name = Atlantic calico scallop image width = 250px image caption = Atlantic callico scallop Argopecten gibbus regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Ostreoida familia = Pectinidae genus = Argopectin species = A.… … Wikipedia
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