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• n  marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell

• jackknife clam
• knife-handle

News & Articles

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• A Guide to Buying, Shucking, and Eating Clams
  With delicate razor clams gracing tasting menus at Maison Premiere and Atera , Wylie Dufresne rethinking chowder at Alder , and urban fish shacks and raw bars continuing to proliferate, it’s hard to imagine that the humble clam was ever more fashionable than it is now. In fact, it was: The native bivalve gained popularity in the early-twentieth century after New Yorkers depleted all the local ...
  June 17, 2013 - New York Magazine