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Definition of Tridacna
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Tridacnidae, Tridacnidae
Member holonyms: Giant Clam, Tridacna Gigas
Definition of Tridacna
1. n. A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.
Definition of Tridacna
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Tridacna'' of large saltwater clams with heavy fluted shells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tridacna
1. a giant clam [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tridacna
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tridacna
Literary usage of Tridacna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sea and Its Living Wonders by Georg Hartwig (1892)
"The gigantic tridacna, which is now to be found in the shop of every dealer in
... The tridacna at- tains a diameter of five feet, and a weight of five ..."
2. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"Gigantic tridacna, used in the Moluccas as a Bathing-tub. Some of those fossil
shells, so well known under the name of ammonites, were of even more gigantic ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"For figures of the animals of several tridacna; see the ' Voyage of the Astrolabe,'
... M. de Blainville divides the genus tridacna into the two following ..."
4. The Utilization of Minute Life: Being Practical Studies on Insects by Thomas Lamb Phipson (1864)
"... tridacna gigas — Chama — Cameos— Stone Cameos and Shell Cameos—Chinese Cameos—
... tridacna ..."
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