pilgrimsmussla

Swedish

Etymology

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

pilgrimsmussla c

  1. scallop (edible subspecies of Pecten maximus or Pecten jacobaeus)

Usage notes

Commonly used in a culinary sense, rarely by biologists.

Declension
Declension of pilgrimsmussla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pilgrimsmussla pilgrimsmusslan pilgrimsmusslor pilgrimsmusslorna
Genitive pilgrimsmusslas pilgrimsmusslans pilgrimsmusslors pilgrimsmusslornas

References
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