Meanings
noungiant clam (plural giant clams)
plural giant clams
- The largest living bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigas.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
Similar
Tridacna gigas
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish Tridacna gigas, jättiläissimpukka
- Tridacna gigasbivalve
- jättiläissimpukkabivalve
Japanese 大硨磲貝
- 大硨磲貝 (ō-shakogai)bivalve
Russian гига́нтская трида́кна, гига́нтская треуго́лка
- гига́нтская трида́кна (gigántskaja tridákna)bivalve
- гига́нтская треуго́лка (gigántskaja treugólka)bivalve
Spanish almeja gigante, taclobo gigante
- almeja gigantebivalve
- taclobo gigantebivalve
Tagalog taklobo
- taklobobivalve
Vietnamese sò tai tượng
- sò tai tượngbivalve
Cite this entry
APA
giant clam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giant%20clam
MLA
“giant clam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giant%20clam. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “giant clam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giant%20clam.
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