clam

     

A clam is a bivalve mollusk. The wor "clam" has no real taxonomic significance in biology. However in the United States the word can sometimes be used to mean any bivalve mollusk. It more properly refers to a bivalve other than an oyster, mussel, or scallop, and that has a more-and-less oval shape, or a freshwater mussel.

Trivia about clam

  • You don't have to be at the beach to be "happy as" one of these "at high tide"
  • Yielding 20 pounds of edible flesh, the giant type of this is the largest bivalve mollusk
  • Don't tell! ___ up(4)
  • You might be "As happy as" this mollusk that has a heart but no brain
  • In a familiar phrase for becoming silent, "up" follows the name of this bivalve mollusk
  • The largest known living bivalve is a giant one of these reef dwellers; its shell can weigh about 300 pounds
  • The Pacific razor is a variety of this bivalve
  • The quahog type of this is usually served on the half shell or minced in hot chowders
  • In sushi bars, tairagai is the razor-shell type of this
  • We'll feast on geoduck, a type of this bivalve that can weigh 8 pounds
  • The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate

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