scallop vs lamellibranch

lamellibranch vs scallop

scallop and lamellibranch both are nouns.

scallop is not an adjective while lamellibranch is an adjective.

scallop is a verb but lamellibranch is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scallop	Yes	No	Yes	No
lamellibranch	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, lamellibranch is a hypernym of scallop; that is, lamellibranch is a word with a broader meaning than scallop:

scallop: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
lamellibranch: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Other hypernyms of scallop include bivalve, pelecypod.

scallop (noun)	lamellibranch (noun)
edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
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.)

scallop (adjective)	lamellibranch (adjective)
	bivalve

scallop (verb)	lamellibranch (verb)
shape or cut in scallops
fish for scallops
form scallops in
decorate an edge with scallops
bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

Difference between scallop and lamellibranch

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