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Definition: Mactra
Mactra
\Mac"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? kneading trough, fr. ? to
knead.] (Zo["o]l.)
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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