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Noun: giant clam
  1. A large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
    "Divers photographed the massive giant clam on the coral reef";
    - Tridacna gigas

Derived forms: giant clams

Type of: clam

Part of: genus Tridacna, Tridacna

Encyclopedia: Giant clam