giant scallop

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   a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America

   Synonymssea scallopPecten magellanicus

   Broaderscallop

   Part ofgenus Pecten

   Partssea scallop

Questions about giant scallop

What does giant scallop mean?

giant scallop means "a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America".

What is another word for giant scallop?

Close synonyms include sea scallop, Pecten magellanicus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is giant scallop a common word?

giant scallop is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.