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scollop |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf D. schelp shell. See {Scale} of a fish, and cf {Escalop}.] [Written also {scollop}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family {Pectinid[ae]}. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species ({Vola Jacob[ae]us}) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also {fan shell}. See {Pecten}, 2. Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is {Pecten irradians}; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is {P. Clintonius or tenuicostatus}. 2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. 3. One of the shells of a scallop; also a dish resembling a scallop shell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scollop \Scol"lop\, n. & v. See {Scallop}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scollop n 1: edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces [syn: {scallop}] 2: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions [syn: {scallop}] v 1: form scallops in [syn: {scallop}] 2: fish for scallops [syn: {scallop}] 3: shape or cut in scallops, as of the edge of a garment [syn: {scallop}]
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