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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An edible clam (Mya arenaria) having a thin fragile shell and a long siphon, found especially along the Atlantic coast of North America.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
- noun an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
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