clam vs Mercenaria mercenaria

Mercenaria mercenaria vs clam

clam and Mercenaria mercenaria both are nouns.

clam is a verb but Mercenaria mercenaria is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clam	Yes	No	Yes	No
Mercenaria mercenaria	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Mercenaria mercenaria is a hyponym of clam; that is, Mercenaria mercenaria is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clam:

clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
Mercenaria mercenaria: an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

Other hyponyms of clam include long-neck clam, Mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam, hard-shell clam, hard clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam, Venus mercenaria, geoduck, jackknife clam, knife-handle, razor clam, giant clam, Tridacna gigas, shipworm, teredinid.

clam (noun)	Mercenaria mercenaria (noun)
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness	an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
a piece of paper money worth one dollar

clam (verb)	Mercenaria mercenaria (verb)
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

Difference between clam and Mercenaria mercenaria

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