GIANT SCALLOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant scallop mean? 

• GIANT SCALLOP (noun)
  The noun GIANT SCALLOP has 1 sense:

1. a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT SCALLOP (noun)

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 ("giant scallop" 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 "giant scallop"):

sea scallop (muscle of large deep-water scallops)

Holonyms ("giant scallop" is a member of...):

genus Pecten (type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops)