marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe

an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell

marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell

a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds

flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams