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Definition of Scallops

Scallop
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.
Scallop
Scallop 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.

Meaning of Scallops from wikipedia

- clapping their s**** together. Scallops have a well-developed nervous system, and unlike most other bivalves all scallops have a ring of numerous simple...
- Look up scalloping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scalloping may refer to: Scallop fishing Scallop gathering Scalloping (cave feature), a dissolutional...
- Smoked scallops are scallops that have been smoked. A scallop is a common name applied to many species of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae...
- near the hinge used by the modified foot in young scallops to spin byssal threads. Older scallops are free swimming. Right and left valve of the same...
- Wild juvenile scallops, or spat, were collected for growing in ****an as early as 1934. The first attempts to fully cultivate scallops in farm environments...
- overfishing. Scallop farming is a million-dollar industry in Canada, with British Columbia producing 85% of the country's farmed scallops. Scallop aquaculture...
- Mediterranean scallop, is a species of scallop, an edible sal****er scallop, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. Pecten jacobaeus...
- are not fully exposed to strong currents. Scallops which live in sheltered habitats grow faster than scallops in areas exposed to wave action, possibly...
- rimless depressions with scalloped edges, commonly referred to as "scalloped depressions" or simply "scallops". Scalloped depressions can be isolated...
- The scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) is a species of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae. It was originally known as Zygaena lewini. The Gr****...