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.
A bivalve shellfish found worldwide with lean flesh which can be eaten raw, poached, steamed, baked or fried. All must be live when purchased and consumed as soon as possible after being allowed to clean themselves in water with a little oatmeal for 24 hours and subsequently well scrubed. Cooking Tips: Dip them in warm water for 15 seconds, so they could loosen and open easier.
shellfish, mussel. The principal meat source in the diet of corvina rubia. Almost a decade ago, clams were in danger of becoming extinct along the Atlantic South American seacoast. Today, they are slowly beginning to reappear our along Argentina’s coast thanks to governmental protection against commercial clam fishing.
a shellfish with two tightly closed shells that are hinged together. The soft meat inside the shells can be eaten.
common name frequently used to refer to certain freshwater bivalves (i.e., fingernail clams and the Asiatic clam). Differs from a mussel in that anterior and posterior lateral and cardinal teeth are present
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
a bivalve mollusca, which burrows in sand or mud
a marine lifeform that is frequently used for cooking purposes
a mollusk, one of the two main classifications of shellfish, (the other being crustacean)
an animal with a small body enclosed within a space created by an external shell on each side of its body
an aquatic macroinvertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, the clam is enclosed within two shells and feeds by filtering stream water through its shells; it is somewhat sensitive to pollution.
A mollusc that lives between two flattened shells.
Clams are shelled marine or freshwater mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia (Kingdom Animalia, Phylum MolluscaAnimal Diversity Web, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Bivalvia.html). While the term "clam" has no taxonomic significance in biology, in general use, the term clam refers to a bivalve (a mollusk whose body is protected by two symmetrical shells) that is not an oyster, mussel, or a scallop, and that has a more-or-less oval shape, or alternately, to a freshwater mussel . Clams are invertebrates, with shells divided into two pieces called valves.