单词 | jackknife clam |
释义 | > as lemmasjackknife clam jackknife clam n. chiefly North American any of various marine bivalve molluscs with elongated shells, esp. a razor shell; the shell of such a mollusc. ΚΠ 1914 Rep. Commissioner Fisheries Brit. Columbia 1913 113 The jack-knife clam (Solen sicarious) has not been recorded as living this far north. 1977 Washington Post Mag. (Nexis) 29 May 32 Jackknife clams are the longest members of the razor family... Beware of pulling them out with your hands because the narrow edges of their shells are as sharp as their name implies. 2012 C. Kemp Floating Gold ix. 169 My pockets are filled with moon snail shells and a few long straight jackknife clams. < as lemmas |
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