mactra

See also: Mactra

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

mactra (plural mactras)

1. Any marine bivalve shell of the numerous known species of genus Mactra and allied genera, some of which are used as food, for example the European clam Mactra stultorum.

Synonyms

• trough shell
• duck clam
• surf clam

References

• “mactra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• amtrac, ram-cat, tarmac

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin gloss of Ancient Greek μάκτρα (máktra, “kneading trough”).

Noun

mactra f (genitive mactrae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) A kneading trough

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mactra	mactrae
Genitive	mactrae	mactrārum
Dative	mactrae	mactrīs
Accusative	mactram	mactrās
Ablative	mactrā	mactrīs
Vocative	mactra	mactrae

References

• “mactra”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011