razor-shell

British

noun

US name: razor clam. any of various sand-burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Ensis and Solen , which have a long tubular shell

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Created by the three-star chef Pierre Gagnaire, whose namesake restaurant is located on a nearby side street, and executed by chef Jean-Yves Leuranguer, the new dishes are light and playful, and include a terrine of crab and razor-shell clams with grated cauliflower and cucumber-seaweed aspic; and a witty riff on deviled eggs, with sliced avocado, tuna belly, lime zest and tomato marscapone.

From New York Times

Solen, sō′len, n. a genus of bivalve molluscs—Razor-shell and Razor-fish.—adjs.

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I wished that I were a razor-shell.

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Mussels, razor-shell clams and maninoses added to the edible supplies.

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It was the first time he had seen an ocean, or a razor-shell clam or an undertow or a beach littered with bottles, fruit crates, oil dregs, clinkers.

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