BLOOD CLAM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Red-blooded clam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)

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

Arca; genus Arca (type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams)

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