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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of razor-clams, of the family Solenidæ, including those species in which the hinge-teeth are several and the shell is curved.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a genus of bivalve mollusks consisting of razor clams.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun razor clams

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  • a sword. From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport

    January 19, 2010