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

2 senses of sea scallop

Sense 1
sea scallop -- (muscle of large deep-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
sea scallop, giant scallop, Pecten magellanicus -- (a large scallop inhabiting deep waters 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)