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round clam
round clam
noun
- another name for the quahog
Word History and Origins
Origin of round clam1
Example Sentences
The tide was extremely low, and Ichabod was aware that now was the time to reach the place where round clams grew in great abundance.
The family in which this rat lived, had just purchased some round clams, and they were placed in the cellar.
He had dug a peck or two of the large round clams, and two or three throws of his cast-net as we came through the creek procured a dozen mullet.
About twelve years ago, I hired a whale-boat and four black men, and proceeded to Long-Island after a load of round clams.
Enormous quantities of mussels of great size, some measuring eight and ten inches in length, covered the shores in many places, and round clams are also abundant.
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