PECTEN IRRADIANS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pecten irradians mean? 

• PECTEN IRRADIANS (noun)
  The noun PECTEN IRRADIANS has 1 sense:

1. a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America

  Familiarity information: PECTEN IRRADIANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECTEN IRRADIANS (noun)

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pecten irradians; bay scallop

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)