Clam
WordNet
noun
(1) Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
(2) Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
(3) A piece of paper money worth one dollar
verb
(4) Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
WiktionaryText
English
Noun
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- Strong pincers or forceps.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- A dollar (usually used in the plural). Possibly originating from the term wampum.
- Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!