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Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
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An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
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The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
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That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.
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A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha.
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A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.
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Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.
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A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.
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One who shucks oysters or clams
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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.
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