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Dictionary of word roots and combining forms . Donald J. Borror. 2013.
Dictionary of word roots and combining forms . Donald J. Borror. 2013.
scalop — scalmuse, scalop(e, scalo(u)n, scalour see shawm, scallop, scallion, squalor … Useful english dictionary
scallop — I. noun also scollop Etymology: Middle English scalop, from Anglo French escalope shell, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schelpe shell Date: 15th century 1. a. any of numerous marine bivalve lamellibranch mollusks (family Pectinidae)… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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scallop — /skol euhp, skal /, n. 1. any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together. 2. the adductor muscle of certain species of such mollusks, used as food. 3 … Universalium
scallop — scal•lop [[t]ˈskɒl əp, ˈskæl [/t]] n. v. loped, lop•ing. n. 1) ivt any usu. ribbed bivalve mollusk of the family Pectinidae that swims by clapping the fluted shell valves together 2) ivt the adductor muscle of certain species of such mollusks,… … From formal English to slang
scallop — /ˈskɒləp / (say skoluhp) noun 1. any of various bivalve molluscs of the genus Pecten and allied genera, having fluted shell valves that they clap together to accomplish swimming. 2. the adductor muscle of certain species of such molluscs,… …
scallop — [skäl′əp, skal′əp] n. [ME scalop < OFr escalope < escale: see SCALE2] 1. any of a family (Pectinidae) of bivalves with two deeply grooved, convex shells and an earlike wing on each side of the hinge, that swims by rapidly snapping its… … English World dictionary
scalmuse — scalmuse, scalop(e, scalo(u)n, scalour see shawm, scallop, scallion, squalor … Useful english dictionary