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2022-11-28 00:00:00

1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1.  Subject field:

  1. Fishery product marketing.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Fishery product marketing )
  1. Fishery resources.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Fisheries management > Fishery resources )
  1. Mariculture.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Aquaculture > Mariculture )

1.2. IPA transcription and prononciation for clam: 🔊

BrE /klæm/ NAmE /klæm/

1.3.  Etymology of Clam:

Early 16th cent.: apparently from earlier clam ‘a clamp’, from Old English clam, clamm ‘a bond or bondage’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klemme, German Klemme, also to clamp.

1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of clam:

  1. Palourde
  2. Clovisse

1.5. Definition of clam in fisheries:


Image: Definition of clam

Clam: marine bivalve shellfish (aquatique molluscs) that usually live buried in the seabed or in sand, whose soft meat can be eaten raw or cooked.

1.6. Plural of clam:


Clams;


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  5. Fishery product marketing
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