| clam | burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud, the shell closes with viselike firmness |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam
Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
quahog
quahaug
hard-shell clam
hard clam
round clam
Venus mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
littleneck
littleneck clam | a young quahog |
cherrystone
cherrystone clam | a half-grown quahog |
razor clam
jackknife clam
knife-handle | marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell |
giant clam
Tridacna gigas | a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to pounds |
| blood clam | red-blooded clam |
| mussel | marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. |
marine mussel
mytilid | marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell, live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones |
edible mussel
Mytilus edulis | a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks |
freshwater mussel
freshwater clam | bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States |
| pearly-shelled mussel | the pearly lining of the dark shells is a source of mother-of-pearl |
| thin-shelled mussel | mussel with thin fragile shells having only rudimentary hinge teeth |
zebra mussel
Dreissena polymorpha | inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe, clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels |
seed shrimp
mussel shrimp
ostracod | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
| clam dip | a dip made of clams and soft cream cheese |
| clam chowder | chowder containing clams |
| Manhattan clam chowder | a chowder made with clams and tomatoes and other vegetables and seasonings |
| New England clam chowder | a thick chowder made with clams and potatoes and onions and salt pork and milk |
| mussel | black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine |
| clam | flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams |
quahaug
quahog
hard-shell clam
round clam | Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells, large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes |
littleneck
littleneck clam | a quahog when young and small, usually eaten raw, an important food popular in New York |
cherrystone
cherrystone clam | small quahog larger than a littleneck, eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam | a clam that is usually steamed in the shell |
boodle
bread
cabbage
clams
dinero
dough
gelt
kale
lettuce
lolly
lucre loot moolah
pelf
scratch
shekels
simoleons
sugar
wampum | informal terms for money |
dollar
dollar bill
one dollar bill
buck
clam | a piece of paper money worth one dollar |
seawater
saltwater
brine | water containing salts, the water in the ocean is all saltwater |
close up
clam up
dummy up
shut up
belt up
button up
be quiet
keep mum | refuse to talk or stop talking, fall silent, The children shut up when their father approached |
| clam | gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean |