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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces [syn: scallop, scollop, escallop]
2: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled [syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]
3: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions [syn: scallop, scollop, escallop] v
1: bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top [syn: scallop, escallop]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 = SCALLOP 1, 2. 2 = ESCALOPE. 3 (in pl.) = SCALLOP 3. 4 Heraldry a scallop shell as a device. Etymology: formed as ESCALOPE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Escallop Es*cal"lop, n. See Escalop.