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Mactra In Webster's Dictionary

\Mac"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? kneading trough, fr. ? to knead.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}.

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