Mactra

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mactra \Mac"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? kneading trough, fr. ? to
     knead.] (Zool.)
     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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