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Meanings of crenation in English

Spanish
crenación

One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

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crenación

Shrinking of animal cells in hypertonic solution.

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Examples for "scallop"
Examples for "scallop"
1
The rays in turn decimated the bay scallop populations around North Carolina.
The Guardian
2
The stretched-out slow-time ripping open of a scallop by a famished starfish.
The Scar
3
Rinse the scallop meat and pat dry, leaving them on the shells.
The Guardian
4
Rei speared a pan-grilled scallop from the bed of endive and watercress.
Afternoon delight
5
Stella pushed a bloated scallop around her plate with her fork, annoyed.
Sloane Sisters
1
Silk came and rested his forearms on a crenel next to him.
Dancer’s Lament
2
And, turning aside, she motioned Gonzaga to the crenel she abandoned.
Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
3
I lost.' Temper leaned his elbows on a crenel.
Night of Knives
4
The Qualinesti princess swallowed hard and leapt through a crenel toward the magical fog ramp.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
5
Storo simply threw his arms over the crenel.
Return of the Crimson Guard
1
Round the upper edge of the basin were what looked like crenelles, and between these the swallow had built her nest.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
2
Madame de Nucingen would lap up all the mud between the Rue Saint-Lazare and the Rue de Crenelle to gain admission to my salon.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
Translations for crenation
Spanish
crenación