"Mactra" is a word in ENGLISH
Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied
genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as
Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf.
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Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the …
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