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Tridacna

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Tri`dac´na
n.1.(Zool.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (Tridacna gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.
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Noun1.Tridacna - type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clamsTridacna - type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams
genus Tridacna
mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks
family Tridacnidae, Tridacnidae - large marine hard-shell clams
giant clam, Tridacna gigas - a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
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