TRIDACNA GIGAS

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Meaning:

A large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds

Synonyms:

giant clam; Tridacna gigas

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tridacna gigas" is a kind of...):

clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)

Holonyms ("Tridacna gigas" is a member of...):

genus Tridacna; Tridacna (type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams)

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