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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT-SHELL CLAM

soft-shell clam play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT-SHELL CLAM

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

soft-shell 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-SHELL CLAM

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soft-pedal
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soft-shell
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT-SHELL CLAM

bedlam
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Elam
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grand slam
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Islam
kalam
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Malayalam
on the lam
razor clam
round clam
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soft clam
Tamil Eelam
Whitlam

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

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Translation of «soft-shell clam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT-SHELL CLAM

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The translations of soft-shell 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-shell clam» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软壳蛤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

almejas de concha blanda
570 millions of speakers

English

soft-shell clam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुलायम खोल क्लैम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لينة قذيفة البطلينوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкой оболочки моллюсков
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soft- concha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম-শেল clam
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mye
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerang lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Soft-Shell Muschel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソフトシェルハマグリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소프트 쉘 조개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clam alus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mềm vỏ sò
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான ஷெல் கம்மி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ-शेल क्लॅम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak kabuklu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soft- shell clam
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

soft- shell clam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´якихоболонки молюсків
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moale - coajă scoica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαλακό κέλυφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte dop clam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soft-shell mussla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soft- shell musling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft-shell clam

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-SHELL CLAM»

The term «soft-shell clam» is used very little and occupies the 177.203 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-SHELL CLAM» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT-SHELL CLAM»

Discover the use of soft-shell clam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft-shell clam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Observations on the Soft-shell Clam
OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOFT-SHELL CLAM. BY A. D. MEAD, BROWN UNIVERSITY. The following- " comparative statement of the yield of clams in the New England States during a series of years " shows of what importance the clam ...
Albert Davis Mead, 1900
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Seashells of North America: A Guide to Field Identification
The family Myacidae includes the edible soft- shell clam of the eastern United States and the Chubby Mya of the Pacific Coast. The long retractible siphons are encased in a single, long tube. A host of small Corbu/a clams (family Corbulidae)  ...
R. Tucker Abbott, Herbert S. Zim, 2001
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Seafood Cookbook
The leading commercial species are the Stimpson surf clam, spisula polynyma, sometimes called bar clam, and the soft-shell clam, my a arenaria. The surf clam is a deep-water species found mainly off the southern part of the island.
Joan Over, 2003
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Ocean Pollution: Effects on Living Resources and Humans
A preliminary report on neoplasia in feral populations of the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria: prevalence, histopathology and diagnosis. Pwc. 9th Int. Colloq. Invertebr. Pathol.. pp. 151-158: Brown, R. S., R. E. Wolke, S. B. Saila, and C. W. Brown.
Carl J. Sindermann, 1995
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Marine and Freshwater Products Handbook
Commercial landings in the southern United States often include a related species, the southern quahog, Mcrcenaria campechicnsis. The Soft-Shell Clam Mya arenaria. Other common names: soft clam, manninose, longneck clam, long clam, ...
Roy E. Martin, Emily Paine Carter, George J. Flick, Jr., 2000
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Biology of the Hard Clam
selected when compared with Rangia cuneata (30-40 mm), but when the mussel (10-60 mm) and the soft-shell clam, or the mussel and the rangia clam were compared the profitability model lost predictive capability. Deep sand (20 cm) ...
J.N. Kraeuter, M. Castagna, 2001
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Seaside Naturalist
The Soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria, also known as the Longneck, Steamer, or Gaper, is fished commercially and often used in chowders. It lives buried in the sand, with the tops of its siphons at the surface of the sand, where they suck water in ...
‎1990
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The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
The steamer clam (Mya arenaria), the most common species of soft-shell clam on both of North America's coasts, has an off-white thin, brittle round shell, which doesn't close entirely because this clam's long siphon extends out from its body.
Michael T. Murray, Joseph E. Pizzorno, 2005
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Estuarine and Marine Bivalve Mollusk Culture
I. BIOLOGY A. MORPHOLOGY The soft-shell clam Mya arenaria (Linnaeus) ( family Myidae; common names: soft- shell clam, long-necked clam, nannynose, sand gaper, steamer clam) has an elongate, elliptical shell (Figure 1), with a large ...
Winston Menzel, 1991
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The Seafood Industry: Species, Products, Processing, and Safety
The soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), or steamer clam (Figure 6.3), is an inshore species found in brackish waters, estuaries, and marine habitats. They are found in sand–mud bottoms in intertidal to subtidal inshore areas and are even found in  ...
Linda Ankenman Granata, George J. Flick, Jr., Roy E. Martin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT-SHELL CLAM»

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High arsenic level triggers soft-shell clam advisory
High levels of naturally occurring arsenic along the Oregon Coast has state health officials warning clam-diggers how best to prepare their soft-shell clams ... «Mail Tribune, Jul 15»
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Soft-Shell Clam Advisory Issued For Oregon Coast
A soft-shell clam advisory has been issued for the Oregon coast. The clams contain high levels of naturally occurring arsenic which can cause harmful health ... «Jefferson Public Radio, Jul 15»
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Casco Bay study links ocean acidity, declining clam numbers
PORTLAND, Maine — A study released Tuesday finds a link between high levels of ocean water acidity and declining soft-shell clam populations in Casco Bay. «Bangor Daily News, Apr 15»
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Casco Bay study links ocean acidity, shellfish decline
PORTLAND — A study released Tuesday finds a link between high levels of ocean water acidity and declining soft-shell clam populations in Casco Bay. «The Forecaster, Apr 15»
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A Clam Cancer Outbreak, Spread by One Set of Cells
For at least 40 years, outbreaks of the clam equivalent of leukemia have been hammering populations of soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), also called steamers ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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Researchers trace origin of cancer in East Coast soft-shell clams
Why, researchers wondered, had outbreaks of a leukemia-like cancer been ravaging soft-shell clams along the East Coast for decades? Perhaps a virus was ... «Press Herald, Apr 15»
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Soft-shell clam industry gets a break as green crab population …
An explosion of invasive green crabs that had been threatening Maine's lucrative soft-shell clam industry has tapered off, at least temporarily, reports the ... «Undercurrent News, Sep 14»
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Prices of clams skyrocketing across SouthCoast
The best soft-shell clams come from Penobscot Bay in Down East Maine. The area has mud flats, a big flow of fresh water and extreme tides — all good for the ... «WCVB Boston, Jul 14»
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Maine shellfishermen hope quahog explosion can help offset soft
While soft-shell clams have become more scarce, harvesters have reported an explosion in the number of quahogs found in the town's clam flats, said ... «Bangor Daily News, May 14»
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Reversing the crab collapse
... century, and all shad fishing has been banned for more than three decades; and the soft-shell clam fishery has also collapsed, after a peak in the early 1960s. «Baltimore Sun, May 14»

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