Definition of Freshwater clam

1. Noun. Bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Freshwater Clam

freshmanhood
freshmanship
freshmanships
freshmen
freshment
freshments
freshness
freshnesses
freshpeople
freshperson
freshpersons
freshwater
freshwater bream
freshwater clam (current term)
freshwater eel
freshwater fish
freshwater limpet
freshwater marsh
freshwater mussel
freshwater pearl mussel
freshwaters
freshwoman
freshwomen
fresnel
fresnels
fresnoite
fresolimumab

Literary usage of Freshwater clam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Comparative Zoology by John Sterling Kingsley (1897)
"... this purpose the student can use either the freshwater clam or the long clam of the Northern sea-shore. For the study of the nervous system clams which ..."

2. Zoology, Descriptive and Practical by Buel Preston Colton (1903)
"The Soft-shell Clam. —This clam lives in a vertical burrow with the anterior end down. Instead of having short siphons like the freshwater clam, ..."

3. The First Year of Science by John Charles Hessler (1915)
"Shell (both halves) of the freshwater clam (mussel), of the saltwater clam, of the oyster; a snail shell; if possible, ..."

4. Zoölogy, Descriptive and Practical by Buel Preston Colton (1903)
"Instead of having short siphons like the freshwater clam, the posterior margins of the mantle lobes are extended and grown together to form a long double ..."

5. Popular Zoology by Joel Dorman Steele, John Whipple Potter Jenks (1887)
"The freshwater clam, FIG. 54. D'ino com pia nâ' tus. Fresh-water Bivalve, as it moves through the sand. F, Foot. The arrows indicate the currents ..."

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