bay scallop

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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 — 1. a small scallop, Pecten irradians, inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, esp. eastern Long Island Sound. 2. the edible abductor muscle of this scallop, having a sweet and delicate flavor. * * * …   Universalium

• 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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