| 单词 | surf clam |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurf clam surf clam n. any of several marine bivalve molluscs constituting the genus Spisula (family Mactridae) (also called triangle shell); esp. the large and edible S. solidissima of the west Atlantic, and S. solida of the north-east Atlantic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Mactridae > member of horseshoe1775 hen clam1841 otter-shell1865 trough shell1867 surf clam1873 1873 A. E. Verrill in S. F. Baird Rep. Sea Fisheries S. Coast New Eng. 1871–2 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) xviii. 358 But moderate-sized and young ‘surf-clams’ are by no means ill-flavored. 1949 R. J. Sim Pages from Past 65 The big surf clam, or skimmer (Mactra solidissima Chemn.), lies bedded down in great colonies off shore. 1978 Times 29 July 3/6 More than two weeks after the wreck..we saw millions of dead molluscs, urchins, razor and surf clams. 2002 New Yorker 9 Dec. 24 An amusebouche of wild surf clams, lightly poached, arrives on a bed of chrysanthemum petals. < as lemmas |
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