one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
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edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
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thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
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edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
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decorate an edge with scallops
<verb.creation> the dress had a scalloped skirt
bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See {Scale} of a fish, and cf. {Escalop}.] [Written also {scollop}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family {Pectinid[ae]}. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species ({Vola Jacob[ae]us}) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also {fan shell}. See {Pecten}, 2.
Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is {Pecten irradians}; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is {Pecten Clintonius} syn. {Pecten tenuicostatus}.
2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.
3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.
Scallop \Scal"lop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scalloping}.] 1. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See {Scallop}, n., 2.
2. (Cookery) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See {Scalloped oysters}, below.
A scallop fisherman's net snagged part of a solid-fuel rocket booster in the Atlantic Ocean east of here, and the boat brought the dangerous catch into port.
The pink scallop is a gourmet item typically sold only to restaurants, although some markets occasionally carry it, Lewis said.
And at the Cafe C in the town of Springton, we dined on spicy scallop salad and a delicate Thai green chicken curry.
"These back-to-back trips are raping the resource," contends Howard Nickerson, head of the Offshore Mariners Association and a proponent of restrictions on scallop boats.
He was counting them because the conservation law specifies no more than 30 scallop meats per pound; more than that indicates a lot of small ones too young to have reproduced.
It is so soft underfoot that your feet slip in up to your ankles and when the waves break they meander, fizzing with spume and carving huge scallop shapes on the sand.