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tridacna(dictionary)

tridacna (iou)



tridacna noun. L18.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek tridaknos eaten at three bites, from tri- TRI- + daknein to bite.]
Zoology. (A shell of) any of several large tropical bivalve molluscs of the genus Tridacna, which includes the giant clam, T. gigas.