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butter clams

butter clams is the plural of butter clam.

Meaning of butter clam

Noun

butter clam (plural butter clams)

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

Questions about butter clams

What is butter clams the plural of?
Butter clams is the plural of butter clam.

Words near butter clams in the dictionary

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

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