scallop

scallop

1. any of various marine bivalves of the family Pectinidae, having a fluted fan-shaped shell: includes free-swimming species (genus Pecten) and species attached to a substratum (genus Chlamys)

2. the edible adductor muscle of certain of these molluscs

3. either of the shell valves of any of these molluscs

4. the shape of a scallop shell used as the badge of a pilgrim, esp in the Middle Ages

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Scallop

One of a continuous series of curves resembling segments of a circle, used as a decorative element on the outer edge of a strip of wood used as a molding.

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scallop

[′skäl·əp]

(geology)

scalloping

(invertebrate zoology)

Any of various bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae distinguished by radially ribbed valves with undulated margins.

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scallop

scallops: a scalloped molding

One of a continuous series of curves resembling segments of a circle, used as a decorative element on the outer edge of a strip of wood, molding etc.

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SCALLOP

(language, history)

A medium-level language for CDC computers, used to bootstrap the first Pascal compiler.

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