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‖ chama Zool.|ˈkeɪmə|
[L. chāma, chēma, a. Gr. χήµη cockle, f. χα- stem of χαίνειν to gape.]
A genus of bivalve molluscs found in warm and tropical seas. The shell of C. gigas is the largest known. Comb. chama-shaped.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The chama is..confounded with the oister. 1832Lyell Princ. Geol. II. 287 Conchologists suppose, that the chama may require thirty years..to attain its full size. 1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 325 Shell inequivalve, chama-shaped. |