razor clam
noun1
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:
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Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus.
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Razor shell, Ensis arcuatus, now Ensis magnus.
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Atlantic razor clam, Siliqua costata.
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Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula.
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Gould's razor shell, Solen strictus