Scalloping

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scalloped pattern.

    "The more inland, lighter race is distinguished from A. u. uropygialis in being much paler on the back, by the edgings of the forehead scallopings and auriculars being paler, and by having the brown of the forehead less deep and less rufescent."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scallop form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"The more inland, lighter race is distinguished from A. u. uropygialis in being much paler on the back, by the edgings of the forehead scallopings and auriculars being paler, and by having the brown of the forehead less deep and less rufescent."

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