A large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds.
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Examples for "Tridacna gigas"
Examples for "Tridacna gigas"
1Of shells there was not a great variety; a chama ( Tridacna gigas, Lam.)
1I estimated the weight of this giant clam at 300 kilograms.
2Our visit to this opulent giant clam came to an end.
3By leaving the pearl buried beneath the giant clam's mantle, he allowed it to grow imperceptibly.
4The sky opens like a giant clam, the light soft and pink, although the air is still night-bitten cold.
5LIKE A giant clam shell lying on a sandy beach, Nasa presents a memorable photograph of the Victoria crater.
6It takes a team of four horses to force the giant clam of the South Seas to yawn against its will.
7In the middle of the lounge, a jet of water, electrically lit, fell back into a basin made from a single giant clam.
8Slideshow (5 images) For example, Robin was once nearly swallowed alive by a giant clam in an episode with the Joker.
9Red and white striped fish darted around fields of blue-green coral and blue-lipped giant clams.
10The lagoon also supports an abundance of giant clams (Tridacna maxima).
11The giant clams have stopped being plants, spreading out their mantles with algae in the sunlight, and are gently filtering too.
12The same tribunal accused the Chinese of destructive fishing methods, destroying the habitat of giant clams and vital coral reef spawning grounds.
13I float over forests of staghorn coral, see Maori wrasse, giant clams, countless Nemos and a stingray the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.
14Great fish shot past them with malevolent eyes, and the vises of giant clams shut swiftly in attempts to trap their moving limbs.
15On Tuesday, a Philippine Navy team inspected the Chinese fishing boats and found illegally collected coral, giant clams and live sharks in one vessel.
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