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edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress" fish for scallops form scallops in; "scallop the meat" decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled |
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