The sea scallop is a bivalve mollusk that lives inside a light pink, fan-shaped shell.

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The fan-shaped panels flanking the tower assist in the visual linking of lower and upper lines.

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Their confinement was rigorous: the Dutch were isolated on the tiny, fan-shaped island of Dejima in Nagasaki harbour.

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Released as a free beta by the same company, this fan-shaped launcher offers a similar single-hand experience that the ALP device once promised to deliver.

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