ClamsWordNet Explorer

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe

an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

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the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell

marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell

a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds

wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells