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Noun: sea scallop  see'ska-lup
  1. Muscle of large deep-water scallops
     
  2. A large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America
    - giant scallop, Pecten magellanicus

Derived forms: sea scallops

Type of: escallop, scallop, scollop

Part of: genus Pecten

Encyclopedia: Sea scallop