|  clam 
  
 
 1. burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud;
 the shell closes with viselike firmness (Freq. 2)
 • Hypernyms:
 bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch
 • Hyponyms:
 soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam, long-neck clam, Mya arenaria,
 quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria,
 Mercenaria mercenaria, geoduck, razor clam, jackknife clam, knife-handle, giant clam,
 Tridacna gigas, shipworm, teredinid
 2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
 • Syn:
 dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck
 • Regions:
 United States, United States of America, America, the States, US,
 U.S., USA, U.S.A.
 • Hypernyms:
 bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill,
 bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
 3. flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
 • Hypernyms:
 shellfish
 • Hyponyms:
 quahaug, quahog, hard-shell clam, round clam, soft-shell clam,
 steamer, steamer clam, long-neck clam
 
 gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
 • Hypernyms:
 gather, garner, collect, pull together
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 - Somebody ----s PP
 - In the summer they like to go out and clam
 
 
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