Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bay_scallop

2 senses of bay scallop

Sense 1
bay scallop -- (muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops)
       => scallop, scollop, escallop -- (edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces)

Sense 2
bay scallop, Pecten irradians -- (a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America)
       => scallop, scollop, escallop -- (edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions)