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tridacna


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tridacna  \Tri*dac"na\,  n.  [L.,  pl.,  a  kind  of  oysters,  fr  Gr  ? 
  eaten  at  three  bites,  ?  tri-  +  ?  to  bite.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tridacna 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  family  Tridacnidae:  giant  clams  [syn:  {Tridacna}, 
  {genus  Tridacna}] 




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