clam

English Thesaurus

1. burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod,
definition	:	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	long-neck clam, mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam,
definition	:	an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	hard clam, hard-shell clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria,
definition	:	an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	geoduck,
definition	:	a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	jackknife clam, knife-handle, razor clam,
definition	:	marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	giant clam, tridacna gigas,
definition	:	a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	shipworm, teredinid,
definition	:	wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	clam,
definition	:	flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams (noun.food)

2. flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams (noun.food)

hypernym	:	shellfish,
definition	:	meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) (noun.food)

hyponym	:	hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam,
definition	:	Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes (noun.food)

hyponym	:	long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam,
definition	:	a clam that is usually steamed in the shell (noun.food)

part meronym	:	clam,
definition	:	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

3. a piece of paper money worth one dollar (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, note,
definition	:	a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) (noun.possession)

domain region	:	america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa,
definition	:	North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 (noun.location)

4. gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	collect, garner, gather, pull together,
definition	:	assemble or get together (verb.contact)

5. burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

derivation	:	clam, clam,
definition	:	gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean (verb.contact)

6. gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean (verb.contact)

derivation	:	clam,
definition	:	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

derivation	:	clam,
definition	:	flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams (noun.food)

7. burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

derivation	:	clam, clam,
definition	:	gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean (verb.contact)

8. gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean (verb.contact)

derivation	:	clam,
definition	:	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

derivation	:	clam,
definition	:	flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams (noun.food)