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clam meaning in Kannada

ಕ್ಲಾಮ್

[kleəm] ~ [klɛəm]UK/klæm/

clam in Kannada: ಕ್ಲಾಮ್, ಕ್ಲ್ಯಾಮ್. In English, clam means a bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Kannada words for clam

ಕ್ಲಾಮ್, ಕ್ಲ್ಯಾಮ್

English meaning of clam

  1. noun A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
  2. noun A type of strong pincers or forceps.
  3. noun A kind of vise, usually of wood.
  4. noun A dollar.

Full definition of clam

clam in a sentence

  • Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!

clam in other languages

Questions about clam in Kannada

What is the meaning of clam in Kannada?
Clam in Kannada is ಕ್ಲಾಮ್, ಕ್ಲ್ಯಾಮ್.
clam ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Clam: ಕ್ಲಾಮ್, ಕ್ಲ್ಯಾಮ್.
What does clam mean in English?
Clam means a bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Source and license

Kannada words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “clam”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: clam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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