GIANT CLAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant clam mean? 

• GIANT CLAM (noun)
  The noun GIANT CLAM has 1 sense:

1. a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds

  Familiarity information: GIANT CLAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT CLAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

giant clam; Tridacna gigas

Hypernyms ("giant clam" is a kind of...):

clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)

Holonyms ("giant clam" is a member of...):

genus Tridacna; Tridacna (type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams)