giant clam
giant clam · giant clams
гигантская тридакна, гигантская треуголка
The largest living bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigasThe largest living bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigas.
» The largest kind of clam is the giant clam.
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1 sensesThe largest living bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigas.
гига́нтская трида́кнаgigántskaja tridákna, гига́нтская треуго́лкаgigántskaja treugólka
More definitions
- a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
Examples
2 sentencesThe largest kind of clam is the giant clam.
Giant clam harvesting, added to use of cyanide and dynamite bombing for fish, damaged coral reefs last year, the analysts said.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
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