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Clamshell

🔄 Synonyms of "Clamshell"

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Word	Definition
grappleverb	(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

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Word	Definition
grapplenoun	A close hand-to-hand struggle.
bucketsnoun	A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
crabshellnoun	The shell of a crab.
snailshellnoun	The shell of a snail.
cockleshellnoun	The shell of a cockle (or similar shell).
clamnoun	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.
razorshellnoun	Alternative form of razor shell. [Synonym of razor clam.]
trough shellnoun	Any clam of the family Mactridae.
cocklenoun	Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
basket clamnoun	Any of many bivalve molluscs of the family Corbiculidae, now considered a synonym of the family Cyrenidae.
razor shellnoun	Synonym of razor clam.
smooth clamnoun	Any of species Callista chione of bivalve mollusks.
pen shellnoun	Any of the Pinnidae, a family of large saltwater clams.
shellnoun	A hard external covering of an animal.
topshellnoun	A snail with such a shell
conchnoun	A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
ear shellnoun	An abalone or its shell.
tea clamnoun	(US, dialect, archaic) A small quahog.
seashellnoun	The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
duck clamnoun	Any clam of the family Mactridae.