pilgrimsmussla
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pilgrim + -s- + mussla. The name originated with the practice of pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela using it as their symbol. Compare French coquille Saint-Jacques, German Jakobsmuschel.
Noun
[edit]pilgrimsmussla c
- scallop (edible subspecies of Pecten maximus or Pecten jacobaeus)
Usage notes
[edit]Commonly used in a culinary sense, rarely by biologists.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of pilgrimsmussla | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pilgrimsmussla | pilgrimsmusslan | pilgrimsmusslor | pilgrimsmusslorna |
| Genitive | pilgrimsmusslas | pilgrimsmusslans | pilgrimsmusslors | pilgrimsmusslornas |