coup de grÃ¢ce in British English. See all translations. coup de grÃ¢cenoun [ S ] uk â /ËkuË dÉ ËÉ¡rÉËs/ us â /ËkuË dÉ ËÉ¡rÉËs/ formal. âº an action that ends something that has been gradually getting worse, or that kills a person or animal in order to end their suffering: Jane's affair was the coup de grÃ¢ce to her disintegrating marriage. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.
Bivalves is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs with about 30,000 species including scallops, clams, oysters, razor shells, shipworms and mussels. Most bivalves are marine usually found in shallower water but some live in brackish and freshwater.
Shellfish are bivalve mollusks, which have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell in two hinged parts. Clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops are all types of shellfish. Clams live in the mud, sand and gravel intertidal area found along coastal regions. Species harvested in Maine: Two kinds of clams are harvested in Maine: soft shell and hard shell. Both are harvested year round, with the peak season in the summer months. Soft-shell clams live in the mud, sand, and gravel intertidal areas. It takes about three to four years for a clam to grow to market size, which is two inches.