pecten irradians

English Thesaurus

1. a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	escallop, scallop, scollop,
definition	:	edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	bay scallop,
definition	:	muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops (noun.food)

member meronym	:	genus pecten,
definition	:	type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops (noun.animal)