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noun. Any of various marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped shells with a radiating fluted pattern.

noun. The edible adductor muscle of a scallop.

noun. A shell of a scallop, or a dish in a similar shape, used for baking and serving seafood.

noun. One of a series of curved projections forming an ornamental border.

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intransitive verb. To edge (cloth, for example) with a series of curved projections.

intransitive verb. To bake in a casserole with milk or a sauce and often with bread crumbs.

intransitive verb. To cut (meat) into thin boneless slices.

intransitive verb. To gather scallops for eating or sale.

To mark or cut the edge of into convex rounded lobes.

To cook in a scallop; hence, specifically, to prepare by mixing with crumbs, seasoning, and baking until browned on the top: as, to scallop fish or meat.

noun. A bivalve mollusk of the family Pectinidæ; any pecten.

noun. One of the valves of a scallop or pecten; a scallop-shell, as a utensil; also, a scallop-shell as the badge of a pilgrim. See scallop-shell.

noun. In heraldry, the representation of a scallop.

noun. A small shallow pan in which fish, oysters, mince-meat, etc., are cooked, or are finally browned after being cooked.

noun. One of a number of small curves resembling segments of circles, cut by way of ornament on the edge of a thing, the whole simulating the outer edge of a scallop-shell.

noun. A lace band or collar scalloped round the edges.

noun. Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidæ. 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 Jacobæus) 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.

noun. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.

noun. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.

noun. Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming.

noun. a curved projection, making part of a decoration

noun. a fillet of meat, escalope

noun. a form of fried potato

verb. To (be) cut in the shape of a crescent

verb. to make or cook scallops

verb. to bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped

verb. to harvest scallops

verb. form scallops in

verb. fish for scallops

verb. decorate an edge with scallops

verb. bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

verb. shape or cut in scallops

noun. thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

noun. 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.)

noun. edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces

noun. edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions

"If you ordered a potato cake in New South Wales they would look at you strangely, until you realized that you needed to utter the word scallop instead, but in Victoria a scallop is a mollusc."

great northern scallop  scallop budding  

scalloped  scalloping  

adorn  beautify  cook  core out  curve  

Gallup  gallop  

abalone  caviar  crab  eggplant  lobster  

Dungeness crab  Japanese crab  Vandyke  Vandyke edge  armadillo shell  

fan shell  pecten  

scalloped  scalloping  scallops