| NOUN | animal | Pecten magellanicus, sea scallop, giant scallop | a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America |
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| Meaning | A large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America. | |
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| Synonyms | sea scallop, giant scallop | |
| Member of | genus Pecten | type genus of the family Pectinidae |
| Parts | sea scallop | muscle of large deep-water scallops |
| Broader | scallop, scollop, escallop | edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions |
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