Clam vs. Scallop

Clam vs. Scallop — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Clam and Scallop

Clamnoun

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Scallopnoun

Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming.

Clamnoun

Strong pincers or forceps.

Scallopnoun

One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell.

Clamnoun

A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Scallopnoun

A fillet of meat, escalope.

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Clamnoun

A dollar (usually used in the plural).

Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!

Scallopnoun

A form of fried potato.

Clamnoun

A Scientologist.

Scallopnoun

A dish shaped like a scallop shell.

Clamnoun

(slang) A vagina.

Scallopverb

To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.

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Clamnoun

(informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.

Scallopverb

(transitive) To make or cook scallops

Clamnoun

clamminess; moisture

Scallopverb

(transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped

Clamverb

To dig for clams.

Scallopverb

(intransitive) To harvest scallops

Clamverb

To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

Scallopnoun

one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

Clamverb

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

Scallopnoun

edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces

Clamverb

To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

Scallopnoun

thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

Clamadjective

clammy.

Scallopnoun

edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions

Clamnoun

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud

Scallopverb

decorate an edge with scallops;

the dress had a scalloped skirt

Clamnoun

a piece of paper money worth one dollar

Scallopverb

form scallops in;

scallop the meat

Clamnoun

flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

Scallopverb

fish for scallops

Clamverb

gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

Scallopverb

shape or cut in scallops;

scallop the hem of the dress