sea scallop

1. 1.

   muscle of large deep-water scallops

   Broaderscallop

   Part ofsea scallop
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsgiant scallopPecten magellanicus

   Broaderscallop

   Part ofgenus Pecten

   Partssea scallop

Questions about sea scallop

What does sea scallop mean?

sea scallop means "muscle of large deep-water scallops". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sea scallop?

Close synonyms include giant 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 sea scallop a common word?

sea scallop is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.