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Meanings of crenation in English

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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