āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
clamshell
/klËÃĻmĘÉl/
Clamshell
01
āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽāĻļā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛
the bivalve shell of a clam, characterized by two symmetrical halves that hinge together
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Paleontologists study fossilized clamshells to understand ancient marine ecosystems.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽāĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽāĻļā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻļāĻžāĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻŋ
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
