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 thatspouts water ; applied especially to certainbivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes.
Etymologies
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spout + fish
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