round clam
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1. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | clam, |
| definition | : | burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus venus, venus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells (noun.animal) |
2. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | clam, |
| definition | : | flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | littleneck, littleneck clam, |
| definition | : | a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | cherrystone, cherrystone clam, |
| definition | : | small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino (noun.food) |
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