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PECTEN IRRADIANS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bay scallop; Pecten irradians

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pecten irradians" is a kind of...):

escallop; scallop; scollop (edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions)

Meronyms (parts of "Pecten irradians"):

bay scallop (muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops)

Holonyms ("Pecten irradians" is a member of...):

genus Pecten (type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops)

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