clam
C1Substantiv/US /klæm/ klăm; UK /klæm/ klăm/
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam , the quahog or round clam , the sea clam or hen clam , and other species of the United The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East.
