Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bivalve mollusk which squirts water through its siphons, as the common clam, razor-shell, and many others.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A marine animal that spouts water; applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes.

Etymologies

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spout +‎ fish

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