FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Clam' (1 record(s))
RECORD 1
RECORD No. | 199 |
AUTHOR | ELAD D. F. |
DATE OF CREATION | |
LAST UPDATE | 2022-11-28 00:00:00 |
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TERM | * Palourde statut: préféré ; * Clovisse (nom féminin) statut: admis | ||||||||||||
PART OF SPEECH | nom féminin | ||||||||||||
ETYMOLOGY | 1484; palorde, xiiie (nombreuses variantes); du lat. pop. *pelorida, du lat. peloris, -idis, mot grec, désignant un mollusque bivalve des mers chaudes, la chame ou chama. | ||||||||||||
ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). Grand Robert de la langue française, en 6 volumes version 2.0 (2005). | ||||||||||||
DEFINITION |
Mollusque bivalve comestible, du genre Venerupis, sous-genre Tapes (les praires appartiennent au genre Venus) vivant dans le sable. | ||||||||||||
PLURAL | Palourdes ; | ||||||||||||
DEFINITION SOURCE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). |
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TERM | * Clam statut: préféré | ||||||||||||
PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||||||||||
PLURAL | Clams ; | ||||||||||||
ETYMOLOGY | Early 16th cent.: apparently from earlier clam ‘a clamp’, from Old English clam, clamm ‘a bond or bondage’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klemme, German Klemme, also to clamp. | ||||||||||||
ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). | ||||||||||||
DEFINITION |
marine bivalve shellfish (aquatique molluscs) that usually live buried in the seabed or in sand, whose soft meat can be eaten raw or cooked. | ||||||||||||
DEFINITION SOURCE |
Lockwood, S. J. (2001) Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). |