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SCALLOP SHELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scallop shell mean? 

SCALLOP SHELL (noun)
  The noun SCALLOP SHELL has 1 sense:

1. a shell of a scallopplay

  Familiarity information: SCALLOP SHELL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCALLOP SHELL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A shell of a scallop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("scallop shell" is a kind of...):

shell (the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod)


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