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basket clam

basket clam noun: any of many bivalve molluscs of the family Corbiculidae, now considered a synonym of the family Cyrenidae.

Noun

basket clam (plural basket clams)

  1. Any of many bivalve molluscs of the family Corbiculidae, now considered a synonym of the family Cyrenidae.

Forms of basket clam

pluralbasket clams

Questions about basket clam

What does basket clam mean?
Basket clam means any of many bivalve molluscs of the family Corbiculidae, now considered a synonym of the family Cyrenidae.
What part of speech is basket clam?
Basket clam is a noun.
What is the plural of basket clam?
The plural of basket clam is basket clams.

Words near basket clam in the dictionary

  1. basket cases
  2. basket cell
  3. basket cells
  4. basket chair
  5. basket chairs
  6. basket clam
  7. basket clams
  8. basket days
  9. basket dinner
  10. basket dinners
  11. basket fern

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