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ClamClam Clam, n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially
those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria),
the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea
clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other
species of the United States. The name is said to have
been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East
Indian bivalve.
You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or
cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes,
or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John
Smith (1616).
Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a
coclke; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634).
2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Blood clam. See under Blood. Clam
Clam Clam, v. i.
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] --Dryden
Clam
Clam Clam, n.
Claminess; moisture. [R.] ``The clam of death.' --Carlyle.
Clam
Clam Clam, n. [Abbrev. fr. clamor.]
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime
at once. --Nares.
Clam
Clam Clam, v. t. & i.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to
clang. --Nares.
Meaning of Clam from wikipedia
- usage,
clams are
commonly eaten marine bivalves, as in
clam digging and the
resulting soup,
clam chowder. Many
edible clams such as
palourde clams are ovoid...
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clam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Clams are sal****er or
freshwater mollusks that have two
hinged s****.
Clam may also
refer to:
Clam AntiVirus...
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Clam chowder is any of
several chowder soups in
American cuisine containing clams. In
addition to
clams,
common ingredients include diced potatoes, salt...
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Razor clam is a
common name for long, narrow, sal****er
clams (which
resemble a
closed straight razor in shape), including:
Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis...
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Tridacna gigas, the
giant clam, is the best-known
species of the
giant clam genus Tridacna.
Giant clams are the
largest living bivalve mollusks. Several...
- The hard
clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), also
known as the
round clam, hard-s**** (or hard-s****ed)
clam, or the quahog, is an
edible marine bivalve mollusk...
- The
Pacific razor clam,
Siliqua patula, is a
species of
large marine bivalve mollusc in the
family Pharidae.
Pacific razor clams can be
found along the...
- (/ˈɡuːiˌdʌk/ GOO-ee-duk;
Panopea generosa) is a
species of very
large sal****er
clam in the
family Hiatellidae. The
common name is
derived from the Lushootseed...
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Clam digging is a
North American term for a
common way to
harvest clams (edible
infaunal bivalve mollusks) from
below the
surface of the
tidal sand flats...
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Clam shrimp are a
group of
bivalved branchiopod crustaceans that
resemble the
unrelated bivalved molluscs. They are
extant and also
known from the fossil...
