HyperDic: giant_clam

English > 1 sense of the expression giant clam:
NOUNanimalgiant clam, Tridacna gigasa large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
English > giant clam: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds.
SynonymTridacna gigas
Member ofTridacna, genus Tridacnatype genus of the family Tridacnidae
Broaderclamburrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud

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