pecten irradians

1. 1.

   a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America

   Synonymsbay scallop

   Broaderscallop

   Part ofgenus Pecten

   Partsbay scallop

Questions about pecten irradians

What does pecten irradians mean?

pecten irradians means "a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America".

What is another word for pecten irradians?

Close synonyms include bay scallop. 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 pecten irradians a common word?

pecten irradians 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.