sea scallop
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3.4
- noun
- /siː ˈskæl.əp/
- US
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vieira
- This is what I'm gonna make... seared sea scallops wrapped in bacon.
- seared sea scallops
- fresh sea scallops
- large sea scallops
Examples
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At the seafood market, fresh sea scallops are often more expensive than fish.
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This is the sea scallop, placopectin magellanicus.
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The biggest gains in values, respectively, were by cod, up $4.9 million, and sea scallop, up $4.0 million.
Academic text (1990) -
Bacon Wrapped Broiled Ginger Sea Scallops
Blog text (2) -
For the 12th consecutive year, New Bedford, Mass., had the highest valued catch, due mostly to the sea scallop fishery.
Blog text (25) -
Hard blue crabs again led other Middle Atlantic and Chesapeake seafood species in landings; sea scallops again led in value.
Academic text (1990) -
A few new dishes to be debuted include fettuccini Bolognese, Maine sea scallops, and dolce Gorgonzola.
Blog text (21) -
For a delicious meal, try the grilled sea scallops served with lemon butter sauce.
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The chef prepared an exquisite dish of sea scallops with garlic and herbs.
Synonyms
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3.7
A small edible shellfish with sweet, tender meat from shallow coastal waters
A large scallop from the deep, cold Atlantic waters of North America valued for its meat
A large edible sea clam that lives in cold Atlantic waters
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'sea' specifies the marine source and 'scallop' names the bivalve, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a scallop from the sea (i.e., an edible marine scallop). This straightforward modifier+noun structure is common cross-linguistically and therefore immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Sea scallop comes from a simple image: a large scallop that lives in the sea. People used 'sea' to show it is the big ocean scallop rather than the small bay one, so today sea scallop means 'a large edible scallop from the ocean'.