clam
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- noun
- /klæm/
:
almeja
- During the low tides in November, they'll go back to weigh and measure the clams against a control group.
- soft clams
- hard clams
- to dig clams
And the part of them's clam, like as in shellfish, like what the fuck?
- And the part of them's clam, like as in shellfish, like what the fuck?
Examples
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Just some innocent fried clams at the West Wharf !
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Then one night we were eating frozen stuffed clams, and we heard something jostling in the kitchen.
Fiction book (1996) -
You folks picked a hell of a place for a clam bake.
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We have some clam fritters.
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If I get home early enough, we'll go to the Colony for fried clams and ice cream.
Fiction book (1999) -
There's the ocean and clams on the beach.
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Just beyond the rocks was a giant clam, the ridges of the shell perfectly formed.
Fiction book (1991) -
We have minestrone, we have clam chowder, and we have tomato.
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A giant clam!
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We dug in the sand for fresh clams to take home for dinner.
Synonyms
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Sea animals with a shell, like shrimp or oysters
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A soft-bodied animal like a snail or clam that often has a shell
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5.7
A very large sea clam that lives on coral reefs
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5.4
A long narrow sea clam with a curved, sharp shell
A sea clam with a long narrow shell that lives in sand
A shellfish with red blood that lives in muddy seashores and is eaten in parts of Asia
A type of shellfish with a thin oval shell and a long thin neck eaten as food
A small sea animal with a thin fragile shell that people eat
A soft clam often steamed and eaten in its shell
A North American clam with a thick hard shell that is eaten as food
A large edible clam from the Atlantic coast whose shell was once used as money by Native Americans
A large clam you can eat with a hard rounded shell
A sea animal with a soft body inside two shells joined at one side, like a clam or oyster
Compounds
- US
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A cold creamy mixture of chopped clams and cream cheese eaten with crackers or chips
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A thick creamy soup from New England made with clams, potatoes, onions, and milk
- Indian
A shellfish with red blood that lives in muddy seashores and is eaten in parts of Asia
- US
A large edible clam from the Atlantic coast whose shell was once used as money by Native Americans
How Big
- US
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5.7
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Clam comes from an old word for 'something that closes or clings', an idea you can also see in clamp. A clam is a shellfish that shuts its shell tight, so the name fits.