WordNet: clam
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- hypernym bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod
- hyponym Mercenaria mercenaria, Venus mercenaria, hard-shell clam, hard clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam
- hyponym geoduck
- hyponym Tridacna gigas, giant clam
- hyponym shipworm, teredinid
clam