Usually means: Bivalve mollusk, typically burrowing, edible.
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  1. Mactra, mactra: Merriam-Webster
  2. mactra: Wordnik
  3. mactra: Wiktionary
  4. Mactra, mactra: Dictionary.com
  5. Mactra: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Mactra: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. mactra: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Mactra: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. mactra: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Mactra: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Mactra: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mactra)

noun:  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.

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