scallop shell in English
noun
1
a single valve from the shell of a scallop.
Once again, a winged dove (the Holy Spirit) radiating light hovers above as John pours water over Christ from a scallop shell , another symbol of baptism.
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1. 4 - Bryozoon attached to adult scallop shell
2. Cockle (n.1) type of edible European mollusk, early 14c., from Old French coquille (13c.) "scallop, scallop shell; mother of pearl; a kind of hat," altered (by influence of coque "shell") from Vulgar Latin *conchilia, from Latin conchylium "mussel, shellfish," from Greek konkhylion "little shellfish," from konkhē "mussel, conch." Phrase Cockles of the heart "inmost recesses of one's spirit