Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Veneridae — edibleclams with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I picked up some clam shells (Mercenaria mercenaria), and we headed back to Narragansett.
Howard Hughes Battles the Pink Robots (Part 6b) greygirlbeast 2008
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Maybe I could become one if biologists reclassify Mercenaria mercenaria, but until they do, best I can call myself is a clamitarian.
Wild clams doyle 2008
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Maybe I could become one if biologists reclassify Mercenaria mercenaria, but until they do, best I can call myself is a clamitarian.
Archive 2008-09-01 doyle 2008
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Hatchery-produced seed of Mercenaria may be planted in raised, low-profile rectangular cages.
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Mercenaria_, but we shall have to wait for our free public library before venturing so far.
Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Various 1870
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Mercenaria mercenaria (hard shelled clam) in South Carolina, in 1939.
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Mercenaria mercenaria and it then drowned while caught.
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