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scallop

[skol-uhp, skal-] / ˈskɒl əp, ˈskæl- /










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Lady 56 was buried with a scallop shell, an unusual object to find in a medieval Scandinavian grave.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

We’ll order a dozen oysters, a scallop tostada and a little steak frites if we’re feeling cheeky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, the scallop and soup examples I mentioned above came, respectively, from Ed Yong’s “An Immense World,” about animal perception, and Sam Kean’s “The Disappearing Spoon”—of which I have completed 87% so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Next came a Hokkaido scallop paired with grilled corn, saffron, and pork belly, a dish that felt unmistakably summery: rich, sweet, and sunlit.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026

The octopus was flopped and all forlorn on the bottom sand, trying to pry open a scallop.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

Harvesting bivalves, like clams, oysters, scallops and mussels, is especially sustainable because these species do not require feed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Increasing numbers of octopus may offer a new market for fishermen, for example, but can hit populations of crabs, lobster, scallops and other shellfish on which they prey.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Go to the Marché des Enfants Rouges in the 3rd arrondissement in Paris for fresh oysters and a cheese plate, or to the Marché des Carmes in Toulouse for some lamb chops and fried scallops.

From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026

The lineup is spectacular: scallops, mussels, snow crab leg meat and claws, cod, lobster tails and claws — all pristine, fresh, and ready to be devoured.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

I wanted scallops or a langosta to roast over the fire.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Smaller hammerhead species such as the scalloped bonnethead, scoophead, and Pacific bonnethead have been devastated by overfishing, leaving so few that researchers struggle to find or study them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025

From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor's practice in Australia.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025

They scalloped when we visited my mother’s parents in Mexico Beach, FL.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2024

The previous owners — an army general and his wife, a journalist — paneled the main room in rustic limed wood with scalloped trim.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The nurse slept next to her, her suitcase open, pretty brown hair scalloped around her face.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

For the adventurous and industrious, from October to March, the town sells $50-a-week shellfish permits for recreational scalloping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Brown was working with a vocabulary that she called “delicate aberrations,” and small-scale gestures repeatedly catch the eye, like palms carving the air in a scalloping motion, or a forearm folding into a rib.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2022

When my kids were younger, I always took them scalloping.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2021

In New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the William Lee docks, scalloping season begins in April.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2021

Each had knotted, carefully combed tassels, fleur-de-lis borders, ornate medallion designs, and minute scalloping amid a motif of connected eight-spoked wheels, all in rust and fire orange.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson


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