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Definition of Round clam

1. Noun. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes.

2. Noun. An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians.

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Literary usage of Round clam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foods and Household Management: A Textbook of the Household Arts by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1914)
"The round clam lies on the bottom of shallow warm waters, and is raked with an ... The round clam is used when very young and small in place of raw oysters; ..."

2. Foods and Household Management: A Textbook of the Household Arts by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1914)
"The round clam lies on the bottom of shallow warm waters, and is raked with an ... The round clam is used when very young and small in place of raw oysters; ..."

3. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"Perhaps the two species of clams best known because most eaten are the long clam (Mya) and the round clam (Venus). The round clam, also known as the "qua- ..."

4. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"Perhaps the two species of clams best known because most eaten are the long clam (Mya) and the round clam (Venus). The round clam, also known as the "qua- ..."

5. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"—Perhaps the two species of clams best known because most eaten are the long clam (Mya) and the round clam (Venus). The round clam, also known as the "qua- ..."

6. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"tinguish it from the round clam, (Venus mercenaria,) is a most valuable gift of the sea to the inhabitants of the coast of New England and New York. ..."

7. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"tinguish it from the round clam, (Venus mercenaria,) is a most valuable gift ... This is not the case with the round clam, (Venus mercenaria^) which is more ..."

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