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• clam — [[t]klæm[/t]] n. v. clammed, clam•ming 1) ivt any of various usu. edible bivalve mollusks with equal shells closed by two adductor muscles, inhabiting shallow seas or fresh waters Compare quahog 2) inf Informal. a secretive or silent person 3)… …   From formal English to slang

• Clam chowder — New England clam chowder. Dish details Serving temperature Hot Main ingredient(s) Clams …   Wikipedia

• Clam digging — Clam digger redirects here. For the trouser style, see Three quarter pants. Clam digging in Haneda, 1937 Clam digging is a common means of harvesting clams from below the surface of the tidal mud flats where they live. It is done both… …   Wikipedia

• clam|shell — «KLAM SHEHL», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the shell of a clam. 2. any small container shaped like a clamshell with a hinged lid: »Wellman has a growing business recycling high density polyethylene…But it has no current use for lightweight polystyrene …   Useful english dictionary

• Clam shrimp — Temporal range: Devonian–Recent …   Wikipedia

• Clam Dip & Other Delights — EP by Soul Asylum Released April 14, 1989 Recorded 1987 1988 …   Wikipedia

• Clam Abuse — was the title of a collaborative side project of Ginger, of Wildhearts, and Alex Kane, of Life, Sex Death. The band also featured Prodigy live drummer Kieron Pepper. Ginger and Kane, who assumed the alter egos of Clam Savage and Clint Abuse… …   Wikipedia

• Clam — For other uses, see Clam (disambiguation). Clam Edible clams in the family Veneridae Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• clam — [OE] Old English clam meant ‘something for tying up or fastening, fetter’; it can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic base *klam , which also produced clamp [14] and is related to climb. There is a gap in the word’s history in early Middle… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• clam — [OE] Old English clam meant ‘something for tying up or fastening, fetter’; it can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic base *klam , which also produced clamp [14] and is related to climb. There is a gap in the word’s history in early Middle… …   Word origins