a very large, burrowing, edible clam (Panope generosa) of intertidal beaches of W North America
Origin of geoduck
from Amerindian (Chinook) namegeoduck
geo·duck geoduck
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geoduck
noun
A very large, edible clam (Panope abrupta) of the Pacific coast of northwest North America.
Origin of geoduck
From Puget Salish gwídəqTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural geoducks)
- (zoology) A species of large saltwater clam, native to the North American Pacific Northwest, Washington to Alaska, known as Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa, in the family Hiatellidae.
Origin
From Lushootseed gʷídəq (“dig deep”). The spelling is due to the influence of geo- and duck.
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