How To Use giant clam In A Sentence
- The exact location is being kept secret to avoid poaching, which almost drove the giant clam to extinction 20 years ago.
- There is no recorded example of a giant clam causing a human death.
- The island is renowned for one of the largest coral lagoons in the world, its beautiful beaches and spectacular ocean habitats with giant clams and tropical fish. Times, Sunday Times
- Giant clams snap shut 60ft below the surface as our shadows paddle above them. Times, Sunday Times
- Tridacnid calms such as crocus calm Tridacna crosea, giant clam T. gigas (VU), scaly calm T. squamosa (LR) and horse's hoof (Bear paw) clam Hippopus hippopus (LR) are found in some parts of the lagoon. Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, Philippines
- The commonest of the giant clams TRIDACNA GIGAS sometimes betrays evidence of past internal trouble by the presence of a concretion of porcelain whiteness and of porcellaneous texture, but such are not to be described as pearls and to be prized as rarities only. Tropic Days
- Sea view: snorkelling swimmers at Australia's Barrier Reef can catch an inspiring glimpse of giant clams, sharks and variegated coral.
- The exact location is being kept secret to avoid poaching, which almost drove the giant clam to extinction 20 years ago.
- Grey carbuncled shells of giant clams open up to reveal a flesh of startling beauty, soft mauves dotted with electric blue and the palest of yellow.
- In the shallower water gather surgeonfish, triggerfish, scorpionfish, goatfish and giant clams.
