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clam

any of various burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Mya, Venus, etc. Many species, such as the quahog and soft-shell clam, are edible and Tridacna gigas is the largest known bivalve, nearly 1.5 metres long
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clam

[klam]
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for a number of species of bivalve mollusks, many of which are important as food.
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clam

The bucket of a clamshell.
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CLAM

(mathematics, tool)
A system for symbolic mathematics, especially General Relativity. It was first implemented in ATLAS assembly language and later Lisp.

See also ALAM.

["CLAM Programmer's Manual", Ray d'Inverno & Russell-Clark, King's College London, 1971].
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The industry harvests both eastern oyster (Crassoslrea virginica) and hard clam (quahog; Mercenaria mercenaria) from shellfish grounds in the states of Connecticut and New York, and traditions are closely linked to notable clam and oyster harvests from the Sound (Fig.
Ocean quahog is a large bivalve that can live up to 100 years which buries itself in the mud, with just a tube sticking out the top of the mud for feeding and breathing.
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Soil substrate Venus clam (Tapes dorsatus) 10.0 [+ or -] 1.0 Quahog clam (Periglypta lacerata) 5.0 [+ or -] 0.6 Blood cockle (Anadara antiquata) 3.0 [+ or -] 0.6 Cockle (Trachycardium alternatum) -- Windowpane shell (Placuna ephippium) -- Dog winged conch (Strombus turturella) -- Telescope shell (Telescopium telescopium) -- Mangrove clam (Polymesoda bengalensis) -- Lamp shell (Lingula unguis) -- Venus clam (Katelysia japonica) -- C.
Wampum belts are made with quahog clam shells which are the purple or black, and whelk shells which are white.
In the game, players will be able to adventure throughout the Griffin's hometown of Quahog, recruiting -- and sometimes confronting -- show characters along the way.
Created from the quahog clam, wampum came to be an invaluable currency that conveyed history, status and economic messages among Cherokee people.
The Hiawatha Belt, which records the formation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, is a purple and white belt made from deer sinew and beads cut from the shells of quahog clams.
Wellesley, MA: Babson Survey Research Group and Quahog Research Group.
She had a lovely time at the shore, where she bought earrings made of quahog, sea glass, and hammered silver.
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