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Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, for example the European clam Mactra stultorum..
Use mactra when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mactra means Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, for example the European clam Mactra stultorum..
Common synonyms include trough shell, duck clam, surf clam.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use mactra where its definition matches the intended context.
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