clam

clam

clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)

1. To dig for clams.

clam (plural clams)

1. 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.
2. Strong pincers or forceps.
3. A kind of vise, usually of wood.
4. (US, slang) A dollar (usually used in the plural). Possibly originating from the term wampum.

   Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!

clam (not comparable)

1. clandestinely, secretly, privately
2. stealthily

	arsella
	mollusc

	vongola
	mollusc

	bivalve
	Shelled marine or freshwater mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia (a mollusk whose body is protected by two symmetrical shells).

	tellina
	mollusc

mollusco

raccogliere molluschi

Altri significati:

To dig for clams.

(US, slang) A dollar (usually used in the plural). Possibly originating from the term wampum.

A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Strong pincers or forceps.

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.

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