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butter clam

butter clam noun: a species of clam, Saxidomus gigantea, commonly harvested as food.

Noun

butter clam (plural butter clams)

  1. A species of clam, Saxidomus gigantea, commonly harvested as food.

Forms of butter clam

pluralbutter clams

Questions about butter clam

What does butter clam mean?
Butter clam means a species of clam, Saxidomus gigantea, commonly harvested as food.
What part of speech is butter clam?
Butter clam is a noun.
What is the plural of butter clam?
The plural of butter clam is butter clams.

Words near butter clam in the dictionary

  1. butter breads
  2. butter brickle
  3. butter cake
  4. butter cakes
  5. butter chicken
  6. butter clam
  7. butter clams
  8. butter cream
  9. butter creams
  10. butter curler
  11. butter curlers

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