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