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Definition of Geoduck
1. Noun. A large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell.
Definition of Geoduck
1. n. A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.
Definition of Geoduck
1. Noun. (zoology) A species of large saltwater clam, native to the North American Pacific Northwest, Washington to Alaska, known as ''Panopea abrupta'' or ''Panope generosa'', in the family ''Hiatellidae''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geoduck
1. a large, edible clam [n -S]
Medical Definition of Geoduck
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Geoduck
Literary usage of Geoduck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"A geoduck or giant dam ... of the most remarkable clams in the United States is
the giant "geoduck" (earth duck), ..."
2. Nature Stories of the Northwest by Herbert Bashford (1898)
"The dictionaries call this mollusk the "geoduck;" but dictionaries are not always
right, and those who live on the shores of Puget Sound would laugh at you ..."
3. Indian Self-Determination Act: Shortfalls in Indian Contract Support Costs by Chet Janik, Jeff Malcolm, Susan Iott (1999)
"A Washington tribe said it has used large amounts of resources from its
geoduck-processing enterprise to cover funding shortfalls.2 According to a tribal ..."
4. Peerless Alaska, Our Cache Near the Pole by Charles Hallock, George G. Cantwell (1908)
"Exceptionally there are areas of mud, where the gigantic geoduck, a soft-shell
clam which sometimes weighs 8 Ibs., vegetates in oozy retirement a foot ..."
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