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Large clam
Answer for the clue "Large clam ", 5 letters:
gaper
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Word definitions for gaper in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "one who stares open-mouthed in wonder," agent noun from gape (v.). Gaper delay in traffic control parlance attested by 1995.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gaper \Gap"er\ (g[=a]p"[~e]r), n. One who gapes. (Zo["o]l.) A European fish. See 4th Comber . A large edible clam ( Schizoth[ae]rus Nuttalli ), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam . An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus , related to ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A gaper is a stone or wooden head, often depicting a Moor , on the front of a building in the Netherlands . It was used to indicate that the building is a pharmacy . The literal translation of "gaper" would be yawner ; the figure is always displayed with ...
Usage examples of gaper.
He explains some texts of the Bible in his own fashion, and if he pleases the gapers around him they invite him to expound next Sunday, often in a tavern.
Amazing Marriage was again the riddle in the cracker for tattlers and gapers.
He was very tall and despite his phalanx of lawyers, the gapers and starers got a clear view as he stood on top of the mean flight of steps, framed between two stone monoliths.