蚌 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- clam noun An edible shellfish with two hinged shells, found buried in sand or mud.
Senses
蚌 is used for these senses in English:
- clam A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
clam — full definition
- noun An edible shellfish with two hinged shells, found buried in sand or mud.
- noun Informal: a dollar.
- verb To go silent or refuse to speak, especially used as "clam up."
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