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razor clam en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.
   • Meaning “little white birch,” Xiaobaihua has specials including the tofu-and-wild-herb cold dish malantou, the zuiji drunken chicken, the shizitou pork meatballs on bok choy, the xunyu smoked fish and the suanxiang chengzi garlic-drenched razor clams. 2019, Lisa Movius, “A local’s guide to Shanghai”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2019:
2. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors. ▸ Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus.
3. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors. ▸ Razor shell, Ensis arcuatus, now Ensis magnus.
4. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors. ▸ Atlantic razor clam, Siliqua costata.
5. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors. ▸ Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula.
6. A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors. ▸ Gould's razor shell, Solen strictus

Forms

Synonyms

razor shell · razor shell · finger shell · finger shell · razor shell · razor shell · finger shell · finger shell · razor shell · finger shell · finger shell · razor shell

Translations (34)

gl navalla (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ca navalla (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ast muergu (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · id kerang kuku (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ga scian mhara (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · pl okładniczka (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ko 맛 (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · tr denizçakısı (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · tr çakı (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ast navaya (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · fr solen (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · cy môr-gyllell (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · id lorjuk (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ms sepahat (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · yur chperger' (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · fi huotrasimpukka (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · tr süline (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · it cannolicchio (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · it cappalunga (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ru черено́к (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · de Scheidenmuschel (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ga scianbhreallach (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · de Meerscheide (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · fr couteau (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · cy cyllell fôr (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · id kerang pisau (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · tfn qizʼin (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · de Schwertmuschel (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · fi veitsisimpukka (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · gl longueirón (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · yue 蟶子 /蛏子 (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · es navaja (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · cmn 蟶子 /蛏子 (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor) · ja 蟶貝 (a clam with a long curved shell resembling a straight razor)