What is "leukoma"

n. (alternative form of leucoma English)

n. eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea [syn: leucoma]

Leukoma is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. This genus of bivalves has been exploited by humans since prehistory; for example, the Chumash peoples of California harvested this genus from Morro Bay in approximately 1000 AD.