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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Tridacna, genus Tridacnanoun

    type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams

Wiktionary

  1. tridacnanoun

    Any member of the genus Tridacna of large saltwater clams with heavy fluted shells.

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  1. tridacna

    Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Tridacninae under the family Cardiidae. They are also known as giant clams and are native to the warm seas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Some species of Tridacna, such as the Tridacna gigas, are popular in aquaculture due to their size and colorful mantles.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tridacnanoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Tridacna

    Tridacna is a genus of large saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. They have heavy shells, fluted with 4–6 folds. Mantle is brightly coloured. They inhabit shallow waters of coral reefs in warm seas of the Indo-Pacific region. These clams are popular in marine aquaria, and in some areas, such as the Philippines, members of the genus are farmed for the marine aquarium trade. They live in symbiosis with photosynthetic algae. Some species are used as seafood.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tridacna

    trī-dak′na, n. a genus of bivalves, the giant clam, without the shell weighing 20 lb., with the shell so much even as 500 lb. [Gr. treis, three, daknein, to bite.]

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  1. radicant

  2. antacrid

  3. cardiant

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tridacna in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tridacna in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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