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Hindi Word शंख Meaning in English - Scallop - शंख अंग्रेज़ी में अर्थ

शंख Meaning in English is Scallop, which is also written as 'śaṃkh' in Roman. Other śaṃkh Meanings in English include Cockle, Coil, Crackle, Crease, Crimp, Crimple, Curl, Fold, Hiss, Ruck, Rumple, Rustle, Screw, Scrunch, Seam, Swish, Twist, Whisper, Wind, Wreathe, Wrinkle and Pucker etc.

Definitions of Scallop

n. Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidu00e6. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobu00e6us) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See pecten, 2.

n. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.

n. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.

transitive v. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See scallop, n., 2.

transitive v. To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.

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How To Spell Scallop [skol-uh p, skal-]

Origin of Scallop Middle English: shortening of Old French escalope, probably of Germanic origin. The verb dates from the mid 18th century.

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