muirín — meaning in English

English meaning

• family noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
• scallop noun An edible marine shellfish with a distinctive fan-shaped, ridged shell.

Senses

muirín is used for these senses in English:

• family A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
• scallop Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.

family — full definition

1. noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
2. noun A group of related things classified together, such as a category in biology or a set of related languages.
3. adjective Suitable for both children and adults.

scallop — full definition

1. noun An edible marine shellfish with a distinctive fan-shaped, ridged shell.
2. noun A curved, wavy edge shaped like the rim of a scallop shell, used in sewing or decoration.
3. verb To shape the edge of something into a series of curves.

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