beach clam

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beach clam - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea clam \Sea" clam`\ (Zool.)
     Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open
     seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the
     common American species. (Mactra solidissima or Spisula solidissima
     ); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.
     [1913 Webster]