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☆ soft-shell clam

any of a family (Myidae) of edible clams of the coasts of North America, having elongated siphons and a chalky, white shell

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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