slovodefinícia
Tridacna gigas
(gcide)
Tridacna \Tri*dac"na\, n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. ?
eaten at three bites, ? tri- + ? to bite.] (Zool.)
A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the
coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species
(Tridacna gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds,
and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also {paw
shell}, and fountain shell.
[1913 Webster] Tridactyl
Tridacna gigas
(gcide)
Clam \Clam\ (kl[a^]m), n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t.,
Clammy.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]

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).
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Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a
cockle; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634).
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2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
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3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
[1913 Webster]

Blood clam. See under Blood.
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tridacna gigas
(wn)
Tridacna gigas
n 1: a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and
weighing up to 500 pounds [syn: giant clam, {Tridacna
gigas}]
podobné slovodefinícia
Tridacna gigas
(gcide)
Tridacna \Tri*dac"na\, n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. ?
eaten at three bites, ? tri- + ? to bite.] (Zool.)
A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the
coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species
(Tridacna gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds,
and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also {paw
shell}, and fountain shell.
[1913 Webster] TridactylClam \Clam\ (kl[a^]m), n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t.,
Clammy.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
[1913 Webster]

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).
[1913 Webster]

Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a
cockle; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634).
[1913 Webster]

2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
[1913 Webster]

3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
[1913 Webster]

Blood clam. See under Blood.
[1913 Webster]

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