mactra

See also: Mactra

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mactra (plural mactras)

1. Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, as , of Europe.

Synonyms

• surf clam

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mactra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• amtrac, ram-cat, tarmac