About The Word Scallop
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Scallop
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What's The Definition Of Scallop?
[n] edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
[n] thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled [n] edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces [n] one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) [v] shape or cut in scallops, as of the edge of a garment [v] fish for scallops [v] form scallops in [v] decorate an edge with scallops, as of a dress Synonyms | Synonyms for Scallop: crenation | crenature | crenel | crenelle | cutlet | escallop | escallop | scollop | scollop | scollop | scollop | scollop Related Terms | Find terms related to Scallop: See Also | adorn | bay scallop | bay scallop | beautify | bivalve | core out | curve | curved shape | decorate | embellish | family Pectinidae | fish | form | giant scallop | grace | hollow | hollow out | lamellibranch | ornament | Pecten irradians | Pecten magellanicus | Pectinidae | pelecypod | piece | scallop | scallop | sea scallop | sea scallop | shape | shellfish | slice Scallop In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Scal"lop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scalloping}.] 1. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See {Scallop}, n., 2. 2. (Cookery) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See {Scalloped oysters}, below. |
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