clamshell

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

clamshell
    n 1: the shell of a clam
    2: a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam [syn:
       {clamshell}, {grapple}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clamshell \clamshell\ n.
   1. the shell of a clam.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.

   Syn: grapple.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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