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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Open-mouthed :: Open-mouthed (a.) Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous..
Declarative :: Declarative (a.) Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory..
Clamant :: Clamant (a.) Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously..
Disclamation :: Disclamation (n.) A disavowing or disowning.
Clammily :: Clammily (adv.) In a clammy manner.
Scaling :: Scaling (a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place..
Myaria :: Myaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.
Outcry :: Outcry (n.) A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor..
Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..
Ecphonesis :: Ecphonesis (n.) An animated or passionate exclamation.
Pshaw :: Pshaw (interj.) Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc..
Crier :: Crier (n.) One who cries; one who makes proclamation.
Declamatory :: Declamatory (a.) Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme..
Ecphoneme :: Ecphoneme (n.) A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.
Englaimed :: Englaimed (a.) Clammy.
Announcement :: Announcement (n.) The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication..
Vociferator :: Vociferator (n.) One who vociferates, or is clamorous..
Clamor :: Clamor (v. t.) To salute loudly.
Eclampsy :: Eclampsy (n.) Same as Eclampsia.
Pshaw :: Pshaw (v. i.) To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation Pshaw!.
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