soft-shell clam
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1. an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | clam, |
| definition | : | burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus mya, mya, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Myacidae (noun.animal) |
2. a clam that is usually steamed in the shell (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | clam, |
| definition | : | flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams (noun.food) |
| derivation | : | steam, |
| definition | : | cook something by letting steam pass over it (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | steam, |
| definition | : | cook something by letting steam pass over it (verb.change) |
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