| 单词 | softshell clam |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoftshell clam softshell clam n. U.S. a large, edible bivalve mollusc, Myia arenaria (family Myidae), found in tidal mudflats in the north Atlantic and east Pacific.Also called sand gaper, soft clam, steamer, longneck. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Myacidae fleming1603 clam1672 clamp1672 basket-shell1713 Mya1777 soft clam1800 smurlin1806 sand-clam1809 long clam1811 old maid1815 softshell clam1818 maninose1843 gaper1853 long neck1857 geoduck1881 bluenose1883 sand-gaper1887 mano1899 1818 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2 296 Soft shell Clam. These animals..are excellent eating. 1920 A. F. Pattee Pract. Dietetics (ed. 13) 168 There are two varieties, the hard and soft shell clams. 1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore v. 22 Anyone raking for soft-shell clams might associate the flats with little else. 2011 Harper's Bazaar (U.K. ed.) July 36/2 We'd go to crab shacks together and take away steamed soft-shell clams. < as lemmas |
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