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CLAMSHELL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The shell of a clam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("clamshell" is a kind of...):

shell (the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

Synonyms:

clamshell; grapple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clamshell" is a kind of...):

dredging bucket (a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed)

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