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Definition of Soft-shell clam

1. Noun. A clam that is usually steamed in the shell.

2. Noun. An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft-shell Clam

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Literary usage of Soft-shell clam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"the Special commission for the investigation of the lobster and soft-shell clam. 4. ... softshell clam ..."

2. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"soft-shell clam. — Among the other interesting relatives of the fresh-water ... The soft-shell clam (Fig. 87, A) lies buried in the mud or sand between tide ..."

3. Food Industries: An Elementary Textbook on the Production and Manufacture of by Hermann Theodore Vulté, Sadie Bird Vanderbilt (1920)
"There are two varieties of shell-fish commonly known as the clam, namely the genuine or soft-shell clam of the Long Island and New England coast which ..."

4. The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living by Julia Ellen Rogers (1908)
"The soft-shell clam (M. arenaria, Linn.) is found on gravelly mud flats of river mouths from South Carolina to Greenland and Great Britain; by colonisation ..."

5. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1915)
"The soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), which lives in mud flats between tides, resembles it very much in structure and may be used for this dissection. ..."

6. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1901)
"The soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), which lives in mud flats between tides, resembles it very much in structure and may be used for this dissection. ..."

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