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Mactra or Spisula solidissima Sea clam Sea" clam` (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open
seacoast, especially those of the family Mactrid[ae], as
the common American species. (Mactra, or Spisula,
solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.
Mactra or Spisula solidissima Surf Surf, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same
word as E. sough.]
The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a
sloping beach.
Surf bird (Zo["o]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus
Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
Surf clam (Zo["o]l.), a large clam living on the open
coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See
Mactra.
Surf duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of sea
ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially O.
percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note
under Scoter.
Surf fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
Surf smelt. (Zo["o]l.) See Smelt.
Surf whiting. (Zo["o]l.) See under Whiting.
Spisula solidissima Clam 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.
