Tridacna is a 8 letter English word.
You can make 287 anagrams from letters in Tridacna (aacdinrt).
1770-80; New Latin, noun use of feminine of Latin tridacnus requiring three bites Greek trídaknos, equivalent to tri- tri- + dákn(ein) to bite + -os adj. suffix
The accompanying representations of Tridacna squamosa (Figs. 149 and 150) will convey a general idea of the genus.
The valves of Tridacna gigas are sometimes found a yard and a half in length, and weighing five hundred pounds.
A few are fashioned out of the thick portion of the shell of Tridacna gigas.
Tridacna is distinguished from Hippopus by the large opening in the hinge.
The former is supposed to have originated from the Tridacna shell, the latter from the taro.
Tridacna safrana is of a beautiful blue round the edges, rayed through a shade of very pale blue.
The shell of the Tridacna gigas is the largest anywhere known.
Strictly speaking, the Singapore oyster is a gigantic species of Clam, (Tridacna).
Arched or vaulted, as the exfoliations on the cost of Tridacna Elongata, fig. 157.
A Tridacna spread its jaws before his steps so that he nearly plunged into the deadly springtrap of the deep.