clamnoun [ C ]
uk/klæm/us/klæm/a type of sea creature with a shell in two parts that can close together tightly, and a soft body that can be eaten
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Sea creatures
- abalone
- amphipod
- barnacle
- bivalve
- cephalopod
- crayfish
- crustacean
- cuttlefish
- echinoderm
- jellyfish
- mussel
- octopus
- oyster
- periwinkle
- prawn
- shrimp
- squid
- starfish
- teredo
- trilobite
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Examples from literature
- He also eats some geoducks – one of the world’s biggest clams.
- This is one of the biggest species of clam.
- He cut the dirt up with his stone ax, and threw it out with a clam shell.
- In the same way herring-gulls lift sea-urchins and clams in their bills, and let them fall on the rocks so that the shells are broken.
- Mr. Graves's appetite was good, and the clam pie was good.
- Place the clams, after being opened, in a kettle with enough cold water to cover.
- Separate the hard from the soft parts of the clams.