razor clam
noun
any bivalve mollusk of the family Solenidae, especially of the genus Ensis, having a long, rectangular, slightly curved shell.
Origin of razor clam
1An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
- Also called jackknife clam.
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How to use razor clam in a sentence
I afterward saw a stone resembling a razor clam, but it was a solid one.
Cape Cod | Henry D. ThoreauIve got a lot of starfish and a horse-shoe crab and some razor-clam shells and two shark eggs.
The Lucky Seventh | Ralph Henry Barbour
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