Meaning

6 senses

  1. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.

    marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell

  2. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.

    Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus.

  3. Razor shell, Ensis arcuatus, now Ensis magnus.

  4. Atlantic razor clam, Siliqua costata.

  5. Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula.

  6. Gould's razor shell, Solen strictus

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Razor clamming draws crowds on the coast of Washington State.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor:

Forms

plural: razor clams
Singularrazor clam
Pluralrazor clams

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
finger shellrazor shell
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
razerazorB1razzre

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