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Definition: fountain shell
Tridacna
\Tri*dac"na\, n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. ?
eaten at three bites, ? tri- + ? to bite.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
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