clam

1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud;
   The shell closes with viselike firmness (synset 101959122)
   is a type of: bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
   subtypes:

   • long-neck clam, mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam - an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
   • hard clam, hard-shell clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
   • geoduck - a large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell
   • jackknife clam, knife-handle, razor clam - marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell
   • giant clam, tridacna gigas - a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds
   • shipworm, teredinid - wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
   has: clam - flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
2. A piece of paper money worth one dollar (synset 113417070)
   domain region: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
   is a type of: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, note - a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
   same as: buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill
3. Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams (synset 107802662)
   is a type of: shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
   subtypes:

   • hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
   • long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam - a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
   is a part of: clam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

1. Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean (synset 201386601)
   is a type of: collect, garner, gather, pull together - assemble or get together

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