mactra

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Meaning

1. noun Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, for example the European clam Mactra stultorum.

Similar words

trough-shell mactrid trough shell duck clam clam murex tridacna mytilid basket clam tridacnine

Often followed by

veneriformis corallina chinensis subtruncata sp solidissima lateralis sulcataria olorina