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The origin of the word “clam” comes from the prehistoric Germanic root word “klam”, which meant “to press or squeeze together” and also gave us “clamp”. It was the tightly clamped shut shell of the aquatic “clam” that gave it its name. The name Geoduck is a corruption of a...
"one who digs clams from rivers and seashores," from clam (n.) + digger. Clam-diggers as… See origin and meaning of clam-digger.
"the shell of a clam;" see clam (n.) + shell (n.). As "hinged iron box or bucket used in… See origin and meaning of clam-shell.