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تعريف to clam في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: 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 dollar (usually used in the plural). Possibly originating from the term wampum
Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!.; {n} a genus of bivalvular shell fish; Strong pincers or forceps; (Hamaguri or Aoyagi); flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams; A bivalve sea creature with an edible body; To dig for clams; A mistake Bad note, bad timing, whatever; A kind of vise, usually of wood; (I) A horse-shoe shaped clip which can be put onto the collar of an oar to quickly or temporarily soften the gearing; To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter; Claminess; moisture; a shellfish with two tightly closed shells that are hinged together The soft meat inside the shells can be eaten; A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once; The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve; A dollar (usually used in the plural.); The brackish water clam common in Lake Pontchartrain is the Rangia Clam Rangia cuniata, a popular food of the Tchefuncte era Indians Clam shells were discarded by the people in large mounds called middens; gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean; Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten. A clamp or vise. clammed clamming clam up to suddenly stop talking, especially when you are nervous or shy. In general, any bivalve mollusk. True clams, in the strict sense, have equal shells, closed by two opposing muscles, and a powerful, muscular, burrowing foot. They usually lie buried in the sand in shallow marine waters. Clams draw in and expel water for respiration and feeding through two tubes, the siphons. Species range in size from 0.004 in. to 4 ft (0.1 mm-1.2 m) across. Many species are edible, including the coquina clam, geoduck, quahog, and soft-shell clam. heart clam coquina clam razor clam; To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere; {i} shellfish, edible marine mollusk; nontalkative person (Slang); Strong pinchers or forceps; 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; {f} gather clams; To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang; a piece of paper money worth one dollar; 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 mollusc that lives between two flattened shells; burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; n apitan