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PECTEN MAGELLANICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pecten magellanicus mean?
• PECTEN MAGELLANICUS (noun)
The noun PECTEN MAGELLANICUS has 1 sense:
1. a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America
Familiarity information: PECTEN MAGELLANICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
giant scallop; Pecten magellanicus; sea scallop
Hypernyms ("Pecten magellanicus" is a kind of...):
escallop; scallop; scollop (edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions)
Meronyms (parts of "Pecten magellanicus"):
sea scallop (muscle of large deep-water scallops)
Holonyms ("Pecten magellanicus" is a member of...):
genus Pecten (type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops)
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