coquilles Saint-Jacques

Definitions of coquilles Saint-Jacques
  1. noun
    edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
    synonyms: feston, kalfsoester, sint-jacobsschelp, sint-jakobsschelp
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    type of:
    schelpvis, zeevruchten
    meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
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