HyperDic: giant_clam

English > 1 sense of the expression *giant clam*:
NOUN	animal	giant clam, Tridacna gigas	a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds

English > *giant clam*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	A large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds.
Synonym	Tridacna gigas
Member of	Tridacna, genus Tridacna	type genus of the family Tridacnidae
Broader	clam	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud