clam

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: clam

1	n v	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
2	n	a piece of paper money worth one dollar

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: clam

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; Mya arenaria, long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam
an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe; Mercenaria mercenaria, Venus mercenaria, hard clam, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam
an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians; geoduck
a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell; jackknife clam, knife-handle, razor clam
marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell; Tridacna gigas, giant clam
a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds; shipworm, teredinid
wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells; littleneck, littleneck clam
a young quahog; cherrystone, cherrystone clam
a half-grown quahog; teredo
typical shipworm; Bankia setaceae, giant northwest shipworm
giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America

Type of:: bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod
marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam
Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes; long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam
a clam that is usually steamed in the shell; littleneck, littleneck clam
a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York; cherrystone, cherrystone clam
small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino

Type of:: shellfish
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

Type of:: Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, greenback, note
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

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