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Pectinidae

noun

scallops

• Syn: ↑family Pectinidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑class Pelecypoda

• Member Meronyms: ↑scallop, ↑scollop, ↑escallop, ↑genus Pecten

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\\pekˈtinəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pectin-, Pecten, type genus + -idae

: a family of bivalve mollusks having a single adductor muscle, comprising the pectens, and belonging to and formerly being coextensive with the suborder Pectinacea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.