Clam vs. Oyster

Clamnoun

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Clamnoun

Strong pincers or forceps.

Clamnoun

A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Clamnoun

A dollar (usually used in the plural).

Clamnoun

A Scientologist.

Clamnoun

(slang) A vagina.

Clamnoun

(informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.

Clamnoun

clamminess; moisture

Clamverb

To dig for clams.

Clamverb

To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

Clamverb

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

Clamverb

To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

Clamadjective

clammy.

Clamnoun

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

Clamnoun

Strong pinchers or forceps.

Clamnoun

A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Clamnoun

Claminess; moisture.

Clamnoun

A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.

Clamverb

To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

Clamverb

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

Clamverb

To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

Clamnoun

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud

Clamnoun

a piece of paper money worth one dollar

Clamnoun

flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

Clamverb

gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

Clamnoun

a marine bivalve mollusc with shells of equal size.

Clamnoun

any of a number of edible bivalve molluscs, e.g. a scallop.

Clamnoun

a dollar.

Clamverb

dig for or collect clams

Clamverb

abruptly stop talking

Clam

Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds.

Oysternoun

Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.

Oysternoun

The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

Oysternoun

A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

Oysternoun

A person who keeps secrets.

Oysternoun

A shoplifter.

Oysteradjective

Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

Oysterverb

(intransitive) To fish for oysters.

Oysternoun

Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.

Oysternoun

A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

Oysternoun

marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

Oysternoun

edible body of any of numerous oysters

Oysternoun

a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl

Oysterverb

gather oysters, dig oysters

Oyster

Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape.