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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT CLAM

soft clam play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT CLAM

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Soft clam is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOFT CLAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

soft clam

Soft-shell clam

Soft-shell clams or sand gaper, scientific name Mya arenaria, popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "longnecks", "piss clams", "Ipswich clams", or "Essex clams" are a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT CLAM

soft brown sugar
soft centre
soft chancre
soft cheese
soft coal
soft commodities
soft contact lens
soft copy
soft currency
soft drink
soft drug
soft focus
soft fruit
soft furnishings
soft goods
soft hat
soft hyphen
soft ice-cream
soft iron
soft landing

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT CLAM

bedlam
blam
clam
Elam
flam
glam
grand slam
hard-shell clam
Islam
kalam
lam
malam
Malayalam
on the lam
razor clam
round clam
slam
soft-shell clam
Tamil Eelam
Whitlam

Synonyms and antonyms of soft clam in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «soft clam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT CLAM

Find out the translation of soft clam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soft clam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft clam» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软蛤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

almeja blanda
570 millions of speakers

English

soft clam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुलायम क्लैम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هادئة ناعمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкая моллюск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clame
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম ছাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mye
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerang lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weiche Muschel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソフトハマグリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부드러운 조개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alus clam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghêu mềm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான கம்மி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॉफ्ट क्लॅम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşakça clam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mollusco morbido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miękkie małż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´яка молюск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scoica moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλακό αχιβάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte clam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjuk mussla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myk musling
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT CLAM»

The term «soft clam» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.559 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT CLAM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft clam

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT CLAM»

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1
Clam and Scallop Industries of New York State
Clam culture, plan for, 6207-243 ; control of grounds, 623»-24l, 629/'. Clam industry, 6o8s-259 ; relations to oyster industry, 627s-29a. Clams, increased demand for, 6101. Connecticut, soft clam supply, 611s. Cow bay, soft clam supply . 6152.
James Lawrence Kellogg, 1901
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Report
In extended experiments on the growth of the soft clam, Mya, the same difliculty was met with in many localities. The masses of weed, flattened out on the bottom by the tide currents, greatly hinder the clams underneath from obtaining from the  ...
New York State Museum, 1905
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York
He found remains of the soft clam and scales of fishes in its stomach. Suborder tectospondyli Family squatinidae Angel Sharks Genus squatina Dumeril Body flat , depressed as in the rays, the snout obtuse or slightly concave in front; nostrils on ...
New York (State). Legislature. Senate, 1904
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Bulletin of the New York State Museum
Connecticut, soft clam supply, 61l9. Cow bay, soft clam supply, 615?. Depletion and restoration of supply, 6053-87. Fish culture, 607'. Freeport, hard clam industry, 625'. Gardiners bay, soft clam supply, 6127; hard clam industry, 6243; scallops, ...
‎1901
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Bulletin
Maine, soft clam supply, 609', 6icP,6u'*. Massachusetts, soft clam supply, 6li5. Massapequa, hard clam industry, 625*. Moriches bay, hard clam industry, 624'. Mya arenaria, 6oS7-243 ; life history ,6l62- 243. Napeague harbor, soft clam supply ...
Ephraim Porter Felt, George B. Simpson, Gerrit Smith Miller, 1900
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Annual Report of the Regents
Clam culture, plan for, 6207-243 ; control of grounds, 6239-24', 629A Clam industry, 6o8s-259 ; relations to oyster industry, 6278-299. Clams, increased demand for, 6101. Connecticut, soft clam supply, 61 18. Cow bay, soft clam supply. 6152.
New York State Museum, 1902
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Bulletin
Clam culture, plan for, 620I-243 ; control of grounds, 6239-241, 629s. Clam industry, 6088-259 ; relations to oyster industry, 62 78-29'. Clams, increased demand for, 6101. Connecticut, soft clam supply, 61 Is. Cow bay, soft clam supply . 6152.
‎1900
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Marine and Freshwater Products Handbook
Other common names: soft clam, manninose, longneck clam, long clam, steamer, squirt clam, sandgaper, old maid, Ipswich clam, belly clam. Soft-shell clams are distinguished by their thin, elongated, off-white shells and their long siphons.
Roy E. Martin, Emily Paine Carter, George J. Flick, Jr., 2000
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Fisheries of the United States, 1908
Various species, most of which are edible, are known as "soft clam," "long clam," " butterfish," "mananose," "nanni- nose," "squirt clam," "quahaug," "hard clam," "surf clam," "sea clam," "hen clam," "beach clam," "dipper," "skimmer," "painted clam ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, United States. Bureau of Fisheries, 1911
10
Tangier Island: Place, People, and Talk
... concern is with the commercial clams, which are known as the soft- shelled clam or the hard-shelled clam, commonly reduced to soft clam and hard clam. They are known also as the long-necked clam and the little-necked clam, respectively.
David L. Shores, 2000

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