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razor clams

razor clams is the plural of razor clam.

Meaning of razor clam

Noun

razor clam (plural razor clams)

  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
    1. Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus.
    2. Razor shell, Ensis arcuatus, now Ensis magnus.
    3. Atlantic razor clam, Siliqua costata.
    4. Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula.
    5. Gould's razor shell, Solen strictus

Questions about razor clams

What is razor clams the plural of?
Razor clams is the plural of razor clam.

Words near razor clams in the dictionary

  1. razor bump
  2. razor bumps
  3. razor burn
  4. razor burns
  5. razor clam
  6. razor clams
  7. razor comb
  8. razor combs
  9. razor cream
  10. razor creams
  11. razor edge

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