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Meanings of Tridacna gigas in inglés

portugués
tridacna gigas

A large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds.

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        Examples for "giant clam"
        Examples for "giant clam"
        1
        I estimated the weight of this giant clam at 300 kilograms.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        2
        Our visit to this opulent giant clam came to an end.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        3
        By leaving the pearl buried beneath the giant clam's mantle, he allowed it to grow imperceptibly.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        4
        The sky opens like a giant clam, the light soft and pink, although the air is still night-bitten cold.
        Climbing Magazine
        5
        LIKE A giant clam shell lying on a sandy beach, Nasa presents a memorable photograph of the Victoria crater.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of Tridacna gigas in inglés
        1
        Of shells there was not a great variety; a chama ( Tridacna gigas, Lam.)
        Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
        Translations for Tridacna gigas
        portugués
        tridacna gigas