"clam" meaning in English

See clam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clammer [comparative], clammest [superlative], clem [alternative]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English clammen, clemen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Cognate with German klamm (“clammy”). See also clammy (“damp, cold and sticky”) and clem (“to adhere, stick, plug (a hole)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clammen}} Middle English clammen, {{inh|en|ang|clǣman||to smear, bedaub}} Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”), {{cog|de|klamm||clammy}} German klamm (“clammy”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} clam (comparative clammer, superlative clammest)
  1. (obsolete) Clammy. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: beclam
    Sense id: en-clam-en-adj-xFhV-LlV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), from Old English clam (“bond, fetter, grip, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“press, squeeze together”). The sense “dollar” may allude to wampum. The sense "Scientologist" alludes to the Scientologist belief that human thetans (souls) previously inhabited clams. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clam|t=pincers, vice, clamp}} Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), {{inh|en|ang|clam|t=bond, fetter, grip, grasp}} Old English clam (“bond, fetter, grip, grasp”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*klammjan|t=press, squeeze together}} Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“press, squeeze together”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clam (plural clams)
  1. A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. Wikidata QID: Q1192868
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  2. (historical, in the plural) A type of strong pincers or forceps. Tags: historical, in-plural
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-8nQiMM-M
  3. A kind of vise, usually of wood.
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-S6mlf1kN
  4. (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar. Tags: US, in-plural, slang
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-shWPr1XL Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 27 3 7 10 2 1 3 27 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 26 2 6 15 4 2 5 24 14 4
  5. (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-oFFH2clS Categories (other): Scientology Disambiguation of Scientology: 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  6. (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-RNksgU5V Categories (other): Genitalia Disambiguation of Genitalia: 5 9 5 5 5 6 24 5 5 2 5 5 5 5 3 0 5 3
  7. (slang) In musicians' parlance, a wrong or misplaced note. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-NGAobS2I
  8. (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak. Tags: informal
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  9. (dated, US, slang) mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam) Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-en:mouth Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 27 3 7 10 2 1 3 27 15 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 26 2 6 15 4 2 5 24 14 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel): als (Abenaki), poquauhock (Algonquin), txirla (Basque), малю́ск (maljúsk) [masculine] (Belarusian), двухра́кавінкавы малю́ск (dvuxrákavinkavy maljúsk) [masculine] (Belarusian), ми́да (mída) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ခုံးကောင် (hkum:kaung) (Burmese), cloïssa [feminine] (Catalan), hexōvo (Cheyenne), 蜆 /蚬 (hin²) (Chinese Cantonese), (bàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (gé) (Chinese Mandarin), 蛤蜊 (gélí) (Chinese Mandarin), 蜆 /蚬 (xiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 文蛤 (wéngé) (Chinese Mandarin), vongola [feminine] (Corsican), ᐁᓴ (esa) (Cree), ᐁᓯᐢ (esis) [diminutive] (Cree), škeble [feminine] (Czech), mossel [feminine] (Dutch), ruditapo (Esperanto), muslo (Esperanto), pekteno (Esperanto), simpukka (Finnish), palourde [feminine] (French), praire [masculine] (French), ameixa [feminine] (Galician), Muschel [feminine] (German), Venusmuschel [feminine] (German), Klaffmuschel [feminine] (German), αχιβάδα (achiváda) (Greek), צֶדֶף (tzédef) [masculine] (Hebrew), צִדְפָּה (tzidpá) [feminine] (Hebrew), kagyló (Hungarian), muslo (Ido), ammuumajuq (ammuumajuq) (Inuktitut), breallach [masculine] (Irish), vongola [feminine] (Italian), tellina [feminine] (Italian), arsella [feminine] (Italian), (hamaguri) (alt: はまぐり) (Japanese), ハマグリ (hamaguri) (Japanese), 浅蜊 (asari) (alt: あさり) (Japanese), アサリ (asari) (Japanese), 조개 (jogae) (Korean), tuki (Lakota), mollusca [neuter, plural] (Latin), wenusowa mušla [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), школка (školka) [feminine] (Macedonian), kepah (Malay), jenǫ (Marshallese), e's [animate] (Mi'kmaq), suksuw (Mohegan-Pequot), poqáh (english: quahog) (Mohegan-Pequot), chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí (Navajo), musling (Norwegian), blåskjell (Norwegian), es (Ojibwe), małż [masculine] (Polish), amêijoa [feminine] (Portuguese), moluscă comestibilă [feminine] (Romanian), моллю́ск (molljúsk) [masculine] (Russian), двуство́рчатый моллю́ск (dvustvórčatyj molljúsk) [masculine] (Russian), шко̑љка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), škȏljka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), škóljka [feminine] (Slovene), hakkaw (Southern Ohlone), almeja [feminine] (Spanish), chirla (english: smaller) [feminine] (Spanish), amayuela [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), chocha (english: smaller) [feminine] (Spanish), mussla [common-gender] (Swedish), kabibe (Tagalog), หอยกาบ (h̄xy kāb) (Thai), istiridye (Turkish), midye (Turkish), èhës (Unami), nghêu (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese), cragen fylchog [feminine] (Welsh), קלאַם (klam) [masculine] (Yiddish)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: American jackknife clam (taxonomic: Ensis directus), amethyst gem clam (alt: Gemma gemma), Arctic surf clam (taxonomic: Spisula sachalinensis), ark clam (taxonomic: Arcidae spp.), Asian clam, Asiatic clam (taxonomic: Corbicula fluminea), Atlantic jackknife clam (taxonomic: Ensis directus), Atlantic surf clam (taxonomic: Spisula solidissima), bamboo clam (taxonomic: Ensis directus), bar clam (taxonomic: Spisula solidissima), basket clam (taxonomic: Corbulidae spp.), beach clam (taxonomic: Spisula solidissima), bean clam (taxonomic: Donax gouldii), bearded clam, bear paw clam (alt: Hippopus hipoopus), big-necked clam (alt: Tresus spp.), black clam (alt: Cyclina sinensis), blood clam (alt: Argina pexata et al.), boring clam (taxonomic: Tridacna crocea), butter clam (taxonomic: Saxidomus gigantea), butterfly clam (alt: Ellipsaria lineolata), calico clam (alt: Macrocallista maculata), cherrystone clam (english: Mercenaria mercenaria), chestnut clam (taxonomic: Astarte spp.), Chinese clam (alt: Cyclina sinensis), clamato, clam bake, clambake, clambroth, clamburger, clam cake, clam chowder, clamdigger, clamdiggers, Clam Falls, clam gun, clam hoe, Clam Lake, clamless, clam licker, clamlike, clammish, clam rake, clam shack, clam-shell, clamshell, clam shrimp, clam smacker, Clam Union, clam worm, coquina clam (taxonomic: Donax spp.), crocus clam (taxonomic: Tridacna crocea), dipper clam (taxonomic: Spisula solidissima), disco clam (taxonomic: Ctenoides ales), duck clam, electric clam (taxonomic: Ctenoides ales), elephant trunk clam (alt: Panope generosa), Essex clam (taxonomic: Mya arenaria), fingernail clam (taxonomic: Sphaerium spp.), fluted giant clam (taxonomic: Tridacna squamosa), freshwater clam (alt: et al.) (taxonomic: Anodonta spp.), gaper clam (alt: Tresus spp.), giant clam (taxonomic: Tridacna spp.), happy as a clam, happy as a clam at high water, hard clam, hard-shell clam (english: Mercenaria mercenaria), hardshell clam (alt: Leukoma staminea), heart clam (taxonomic: Cardiidae spp.), hen clam (taxonomic: Spisula solidissima), horse clam (alt: Tresus spp.), horse's hoof clam, hoseshoe clam (alt: Hippopus hipoopus), Ipswich clam (taxonomic: Mya arenaria), iron clam (alt: Cyclina sinensis), jackknife clam (taxonomic: Solen spp.), Japanese littleneck clam (taxonomic: Venerupis philippinarum), king clam (alt: Panope generosa), Korean clam (alt: Cyclina sinensis), littleneck clam (alt: Leukoma staminea), little neck clam (english: Mercenaria mercenaria), long-neck clam (taxonomic: Mya arenaria), mahogany clam, Manila clam (taxonomic: Venerupis philippinarum), maxima clam (taxonomic: Tridacna maxima), nut clam (taxonomic: Nuculidae spp.), otter shell clam (alt: Lutraria spp.), Pacific clam (alt: Panope generosa), Pacific littleneck clam (alt: Leukoma staminea), Pacific razor clam (alt: Siliqua patula), Palourde clam (alt: Ruditapes decussatus), paw clam (taxonomic: Tridacna spp.), pea clam, pismo clam (taxonomic: Tivela stultorum), piss clam (taxonomic: Ensis directus), pompano clam (taxonomic: Donax spp.), razor clam (taxonomic: Ensis spp.) (english: Siliqua spp., Solecurtus spp., Solen spp.), rock clam (alt: Leukoma staminea), round clam (english: Mercenaria mercenaria), saffron-coloured clam (taxonomic: Tridacna crocea), sand clam (taxonomic: Mya arenaria), scaly clam (taxonomic: Tridacna squamosa), sea clam (taxonomic: Spisula solidissima), shut up like a clam, small giant clam (taxonomic: Tridacna maxima), smooth clam (taxonomic: Callista chione), soft-shell clam, soft clam (taxonomic: Mya arenaria), steamer clam (taxonomic: Mya arenaria), strawberry clam (alt: Hippopus hipoopus), sunrise clam (english: Tellinidae spp. et al.), surf clam (taxonomic: Spisula solida), tea clam (english: Mercenaria mercenaria), Venus clam (alt: Venerida spp.), Washington clam (taxonomic: Saxidomus gigantea), clam up Disambiguation of 'mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel': 46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3

Noun

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-noun}} clam (plural clams)
  1. A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-en:clangor
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clem [alternative]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English clammen, clemen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Cognate with German klamm (“clammy”). See also clammy (“damp, cold and sticky”) and clem (“to adhere, stick, plug (a hole)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clammen}} Middle English clammen, {{inh|en|ang|clǣman||to smear, bedaub}} Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”), {{cog|de|klamm||clammy}} German klamm (“clammy”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} clam
  1. clamminess; moisture
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-feGc4sRt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-noun}} clam (plural clams)
  1. (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: CLAM
    Sense id: en-clam-en-noun-cl67v8R5 Categories (other): Rowing, Bivalves Disambiguation of Bivalves: 5 24 1 2 2 2 1 3 25 1 2 10 12 1 6 0 2 1 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, rowing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clams [present, singular, third-person], clamming [participle, present], clammed [participle, past], clammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), from Old English clam (“bond, fetter, grip, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“press, squeeze together”). The sense “dollar” may allude to wampum. The sense "Scientologist" alludes to the Scientologist belief that human thetans (souls) previously inhabited clams. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clam|t=pincers, vice, clamp}} Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), {{inh|en|ang|clam|t=bond, fetter, grip, grasp}} Old English clam (“bond, fetter, grip, grasp”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*klammjan|t=press, squeeze together}} Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“press, squeeze together”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
  1. To dig for clams. Related terms: clammy Translations (to dig for clams): clams (english: clams) (Japanese), あさり (Asari) (Japanese), mariscar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-clam-en-verb-l6UjzzNE Categories (other): Money Disambiguation of Money: 0 31 0 0 7 0 0 0 20 6 0 1 1 32 0 0 1 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clam up
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clams [present, singular, third-person], clamming [participle, present], clammed [participle, past], clammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-verb}} clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
  1. To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
    Sense id: en-clam-en-verb-99Xs9t9W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clams [present, singular, third-person], clamming [participle, present], clammed [participle, past], clammed [past], clem [alternative]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English clammen, clemen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Cognate with German klamm (“clammy”). See also clammy (“damp, cold and sticky”) and clem (“to adhere, stick, plug (a hole)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clammen}} Middle English clammen, {{inh|en|ang|clǣman||to smear, bedaub}} Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”), {{cog|de|klamm||clammy}} German klamm (“clammy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
  1. To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
    Sense id: en-clam-en-verb-en:to_adhere
  2. To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
    Sense id: en-clam-en-verb-plMFE~hp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /klæm/, [kleəm] [æ-tensing] Audio: en-us-clam.ogg Forms: clams [present, singular, third-person], clamming [participle, present], clammed [participle, past], clammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Head templates: {{en-verb}} clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
  1. Alternative form of clem (“to starve”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clem (extra: to starve)
    Sense id: en-clam-en-verb-iWPQagsT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mossel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "ruditapo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "muslo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "pekteno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "simpukka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palourde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ameixa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Muschel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Venusmuschel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klaffmuschel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "achiváda",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "αχιβάδα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "tzédef",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צֶדֶף"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "tzidpá",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צִדְפָּה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "kagyló"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "muslo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "lang_code": "iu",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "ammuumajuq (ammuumajuq)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "breallach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vongola"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tellina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arsella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "alt": "はまぐり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "hamaguri",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "蛤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "hamaguri",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "ハマグリ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "alt": "あさり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "asari",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "浅蜊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "asari",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "アサリ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "jogae",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "조개"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "lkt",
      "lang": "Lakota",
      "lang_code": "lkt",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "tuki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mollusca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "školka",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "школка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "kepah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "mh",
      "lang": "Marshallese",
      "lang_code": "mh",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "jenǫ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "lang_code": "mic",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "e's"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "xpq",
      "lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
      "lang_code": "xpq",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "suksuw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "xpq",
      "english": "quahog",
      "lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
      "lang_code": "xpq",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "translation": "quahog",
      "word": "poqáh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "lang_code": "nv",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "musling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "blåskjell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "lang_code": "oj",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "małż"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amêijoa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moluscă comestibilă"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "molljúsk",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моллю́ск"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "dvustvórčatyj molljúsk",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двуство́рчатый моллю́ск"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шко̑љка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "škȏljka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "škóljka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "dsb",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wenusowa mušla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "css",
      "lang": "Southern Ohlone",
      "lang_code": "css",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "hakkaw"
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almeja"
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      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "es",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "translation": "smaller",
      "word": "chirla"
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
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      "word": "amayuela"
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "es",
      "english": "smaller",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "smaller",
      "word": "chocha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "mussla"
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    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "kabibe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "h̄xy kāb",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "หอยกาบ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "istiridye"
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      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "tr",
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      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "midye"
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      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
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      "lang": "Unami",
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      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "èhës"
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      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "nghêu"
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      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "sò"
    },
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      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
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      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cragen fylchog"
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      "_dis1": "46 1 2 1 2 0 3 43 3",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "klam",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "word": "clam bake"
    },
    {
      "word": "clambake"
    },
    {
      "word": "clambroth"
    },
    {
      "word": "clamburger"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam cake"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam chowder"
    },
    {
      "word": "clamdigger"
    },
    {
      "word": "clamdiggers"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clam Falls"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam gun"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam hoe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clam Lake"
    },
    {
      "word": "clamless"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam licker"
    },
    {
      "word": "clamlike"
    },
    {
      "word": "clammish"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam rake"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam shack"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam-shell"
    },
    {
      "word": "clamshell"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam shrimp"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam smacker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clam Union"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam up"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam worm"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Donax spp.",
      "word": "coquina clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna crocea",
      "word": "crocus clam"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Spisula solidissima",
      "word": "dipper clam"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Ctenoides ales",
      "word": "disco clam"
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    {
      "word": "duck clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Ctenoides ales",
      "word": "electric clam"
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      "alt": "Panope generosa",
      "word": "elephant trunk clam"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Mya arenaria",
      "word": "Essex clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Sphaerium spp.",
      "word": "fingernail clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna squamosa",
      "word": "fluted giant clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "et al.",
      "taxonomic": "Anodonta spp.",
      "word": "freshwater clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Tresus spp.",
      "word": "gaper clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna spp.",
      "word": "giant clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "happy as a clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "happy as a clam at high water"
    },
    {
      "word": "hard clam"
    },
    {
      "english": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "translation": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "hard-shell clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Leukoma staminea",
      "word": "hardshell clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cardiidae spp.",
      "word": "heart clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Spisula solidissima",
      "word": "hen clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Tresus spp.",
      "word": "horse clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "horse's hoof clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Hippopus hipoopus",
      "word": "hoseshoe clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Mya arenaria",
      "word": "Ipswich clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Cyclina sinensis",
      "word": "iron clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Solen spp.",
      "word": "jackknife clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Venerupis philippinarum",
      "word": "Japanese littleneck clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Panope generosa",
      "word": "king clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Cyclina sinensis",
      "word": "Korean clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Leukoma staminea",
      "word": "littleneck clam"
    },
    {
      "english": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "translation": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "little neck clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Mya arenaria",
      "word": "long-neck clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "mahogany clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Venerupis philippinarum",
      "word": "Manila clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna maxima",
      "word": "maxima clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Nuculidae spp.",
      "word": "nut clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Lutraria spp.",
      "word": "otter shell clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Panope generosa",
      "word": "Pacific clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Leukoma staminea",
      "word": "Pacific littleneck clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Siliqua patula",
      "word": "Pacific razor clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Ruditapes decussatus",
      "word": "Palourde clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna spp.",
      "word": "paw clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "pea clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tivela stultorum",
      "word": "pismo clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Ensis directus",
      "word": "piss clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Donax spp.",
      "word": "pompano clam"
    },
    {
      "english": "Siliqua spp., Solecurtus spp., Solen spp.",
      "taxonomic": "Ensis spp.",
      "translation": "Siliqua spp., Solecurtus spp., Solen spp.",
      "word": "razor clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Leukoma staminea",
      "word": "rock clam"
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    {
      "english": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "translation": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "round clam"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna crocea",
      "word": "saffron-coloured clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Mya arenaria",
      "word": "sand clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna squamosa",
      "word": "scaly clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Spisula solidissima",
      "word": "sea clam"
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    {
      "word": "shut up like a clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tridacna maxima",
      "word": "small giant clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Callista chione",
      "word": "smooth clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "soft-shell clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Mya arenaria",
      "word": "soft clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Mya arenaria",
      "word": "steamer clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Hippopus hipoopus",
      "word": "strawberry clam"
    },
    {
      "english": "Tellinidae spp. et al.",
      "translation": "Tellinidae spp. et al.",
      "word": "sunrise clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Spisula solida",
      "word": "surf clam"
    },
    {
      "english": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "translation": "Mercenaria mercenaria",
      "word": "tea clam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Venerida spp.",
      "word": "Venus clam"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Saxidomus gigantea",
      "word": "Washington clam"
    }
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          "text": "My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.",
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        "A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve."
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        "A type of strong pincers or forceps."
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          "text": "The network canceled—nonco-operation their legal shysters said. Suing me, for, for ten million clams, damages to sponsors, agencies.",
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        "A dollar."
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        "(US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar."
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          "text": "So the clams have John Travolta, Tom Cruise, et al in their hot li'l ol'P-R hands […]",
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        "A Scientologist."
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        "(slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva."
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          "text": "You had too many fucking days off, and you think this is a game? You think I'm the only one that's going to work up there while you motherfuckers sit out there and clam all over this fucking joint? What do you think this is anyhow? What kind of playing do you think this is? What kind of miscues do you call this?... You afraid you won't be heard? Everybody can hear your fucking clams out there. You don't need a mic for that. You taking up too much time blowing what? Shit! You stand out here all fucking night trying to blow your brains out. When it comes time to play, what do you play? Clams?! You got nowhere to fucking go the next day. I hear one fucking clam from anybody, you've had it! One clam and this whole fucking band is through tonight. Try me!",
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      "code": "abe",
      "lang": "Abenaki",
      "lang_code": "abe",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "als"
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      "lang_code": "alq",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "poquauhock"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "txirla"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "maljúsk",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малю́ск"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "dvuxrákavinkavy maljúsk",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двухра́кавінкавы малю́ск"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "mída",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ми́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "lang_code": "my",
      "roman": "hkum:kaung",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "ခုံးကောင်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloïssa"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "lang_code": "chy",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "hexōvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "lang_code": "yue",
      "roman": "hin²",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "蜆 /蚬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "bàng",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "蚌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "gé",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "蛤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "gélí",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "蛤蜊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xiǎn",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "蜆 /蚬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "wéngé",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "文蛤"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "lang_code": "co",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vongola"
    },
    {
      "code": "cr",
      "lang": "Cree",
      "lang_code": "cr",
      "roman": "esa",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "ᐁᓴ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cr",
      "lang": "Cree",
      "lang_code": "cr",
      "roman": "esis",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ᐁᓯᐢ"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "škeble"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolkʼoolígíí"
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      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
      "word": "musling"
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      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
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      "sense": "mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel",
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      "word": "nghêu"
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