Definitions from Wiktionary (CLAM)

▸ noun:  A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
▸ noun:  A type of strong pincers or forceps.
▸ noun:  A kind of vise, usually of wood.
▸ noun:  (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
▸ noun:  (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
▸ noun:  (slang, vulgar) A vagina or vulva.
▸ noun:  (slang) In musicians' parlance, a wrong or misplaced note.
▸ noun:  (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
▸ noun:  (dated, US, slang) mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)
▸ verb:  To dig for clams.
▸ noun:  A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
▸ verb:  To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Clammy.
▸ noun:  clamminess; moisture
▸ verb:  To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
▸ verb:  To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
▸ noun:  (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM
▸ noun:  Alternative form of clem (“to starve”) [(Northumberland, Geordie, Teesside, slang) A brick or stone.]
▸ noun:  (rowing) Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set.

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