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Tridacna   Listen
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Tridacna  n.  (Zool.) A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (Tridacna gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.





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... divided into two clans—the Bule and the Tabi. The former is supposed to have originated from the tridacna shell, the latter from the taro. Every individual knows exactly to which clan he belongs, although there are no external signs. There is a strict rule forbidding marriage within the clan, and an ...
— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific • Felix Speiser


Words linked to "Tridacna" :   giant clam, Tridacna gigas, Tridacnidae, genus Tridacna, family Tridacnidae, mollusk genus


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