almeja

Definitions of almeja
  1. noun
    burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
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    types:
    navaja
    marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell
    terédine
    wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
    broma, teredo
    typical shipworm
    type of:
    bivalvo, lamelibranquio
    marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
  2. noun
    flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
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    type of:
    marisco
    meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
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