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simpukka — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bivalve noun Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
  • clam noun An edible shellfish with two hinged shells, found buried in sand or mud.
  • mussel noun A bivalve shellfish with a dark, elongated shell, found in both fresh and salt water and often eaten as seafood.
  • shellfish noun An aquatic animal with a shell, such as a crab, mussel, or oyster, especially one eaten as food.

Senses

simpukka is used for these senses in English:

  • bivalve Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
  • mussel Any of several groups of bivalve shellfish with elongated, asymmetrical shells.
  • shellfish A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

bivalve — full definition

  1. noun Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.
  2. noun A pericarp in which the seedcase opens or splits into two parts or valves.

clam — full definition

  1. noun An edible shellfish with two hinged shells, found buried in sand or mud.
  2. noun Informal: a dollar.
  3. verb To go silent or refuse to speak, especially used as "clam up."

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