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Definition of Long-neck clam

1. Noun. A clam that is usually steamed in the shell.

2. Noun. An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long-neck Clam

long-jawed spider long-jumper long-lasting long-leafed long-leaved long-leg arthropathy long-legged long-legged buzzard long-legged buzzards long-legs

long-life long-lining long-lived long-lost long-neck long-neck clam (current term) long-nose long-period long-play long-playing

long-range long-ranger long-rangers long-run long-running long-shanked long-sighted long-sightedness long-since long-snouted

Literary usage of Long-neck clam

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

1. A Textbook in General Zoology by Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly (1906)
"Young Long-Neck Clam. (After JL Kellogg) 1, foot; 2, siphon; 3, ... Lying almost helpless in its mold of mud, the long-neck clam is rendered in a measure ..."

2. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"Among the other interesting relatives of the fresh-water mussel that one sees at the seacoast are the soft- shell or long-neck clam, ..."

3. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"Very small starfish devouring a young long neck clam. /, sucker feet; s, everted stomach of starfish seen through the transparent shell of the clam. ..."

4. Applied Biology: An Elementary Textbook and Laboratory Guide by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow, Anna Nieglieh Bigelow (1911)
"The quahog or little-neck clam and the long-neck clam are common in markets in large cities and near sea-coasts; while elsewhere river-clams may be obtained ..."

5. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE SOFT CLAM—DISTRIBUTION AND CONDITIONS CONTROLLING IT INCE the earliest times the soft, or long neck clam has held a place in public esteem ..."

6. Outlines of Economic Zoölogy by Albert Moore Reese (1919)
"Oyster tongs in use 51 34. Oyster dredge in use 52 35. long-neck clam 53 36. Clam beach and rake 54 37. long-neck clams from one square foot of flat 55 38. ..."

7. The Face of the Fields by Dallas Lore Sharp (1911)
"was abundant, small and scattering in its present scanty beds, the clam (the long-neck clam) shall again flourish, and all of New England shall again ..."

8. The Elements of Animal Biology by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1919)
"One of these, Mya arenaria, the common long-neck clam, is obtained by digging in muddy beaches at low tide. The two joined siphons in this species ..."

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