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clam meaning in Myanmar

ခုံးကောင် hkum:kaung

[kleəm] ~ [klɛəm]UK/klæm/

clam in Myanmar: ခုံးကောင် (hkum:kaung). 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.

Myanmar words for clam

mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel
ခုံးကောင် hkum:kaung

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 Myanmar

What is the meaning of clam in Myanmar?
Clam in Myanmar is ခုံးကောင် (hkum:kaung).
clam ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Clam: ခုံးကောင် (hkum:kaung).
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.

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