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Definition of clam

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Clam (v. t.) 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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Declaim :: Declaim (v. t.) To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.

Spoutless :: Spoutfish (n.) A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes..

Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.

Halloo :: Halloo (n.) A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.

Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds.

Hey :: Hey (interj.) An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement..

Patent-hammered :: Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

Klamaths :: Klamaths (n. pl.) A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also Clamets and Hamati..

Scramble :: Scramble (n.) The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering..

Pinchcock :: Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares..

Bravo :: Bravo (interj.) Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.

Annunciation :: Annunciation (n.) The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace..

Clamatorial :: Clamatorial (a.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.

Declamatory :: Declamatory (a.) Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme..

Declaration :: Declaration (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington)..

Leve :: Leve (v. t.) To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause.

Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.