Definition of Macra
||Mac"tra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
kneading trough, fr. &?; to knead.] (Zoöl.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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