clamshell
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) the shell of a clam
Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Only the top of the head , with a spot bare and white as a clamshell , remained visible . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Below in the open bay facing Manhattan was Staten_Island , gritty with clam_shells and mud_flats behind which nested farms , cattle barns , and berry thickets . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
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