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Soft-shell Clam

Definition: Soft-shell Clam

Soft-shell Clam

Noun

1. A clam that is usually steamed in the shell.

2. An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Soft-shell Clam

Synonyms: long-neck clam (n), steamer (n), steamer clam (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Soft-shell Clam

English words defined with "soft-shell clam": Long clam. (references)

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Modern Translation: Soft-shell Clam

Language Translations for "soft-shell clam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

sandmusling (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

grote strandgaper (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hietasimpukka (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

French

  

mye (soft clam), clauque (soft clam), bec de jars (soft clam), \CLS (soft clam). (various references)

   

German

  

Strandauster (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam), Schlickauster (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam), Sandmuschel (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam), Sandklaffmuschel (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam), Große Sandklaffmuschel (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αμμοκόχυλο (clam), αμμοκοχύλι (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cappa molle (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oft-shellsay amclay

   

Portuguese

  

clame da areia (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

almeja de río (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam), almeja de can (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sandmussla (clam, gaper, long clam, longneck, mananose, old maid, sandgaper, soft clam). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Soft-shell Clam

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Mya arenaria, Mya arenaria (Linnaeus). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Soft-shell Clam

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-h-l-l-l-m-o-s-s-t"

-1 letter: smallclothes.

-3 letters: clamshells, fathomless.

-4 letters: clamshell, eschalots, matchless, softshell.

-5 letters: calloses, calomels, cholates, coalless, coatless, collates, eschalot, floatels, flotsams, foamless, haltless, hellcats, lactoses, loamless, loftless, maltoses, moschate, satchels, shallots, shellacs, shoalest, slatches, smallest, stomachs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Soft-shell Clam


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6F 66 74 2D 73 68 65 6C 6C      43 6C 61 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101111 01100110 01110100 00101101 01110011 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01000011 01101100 01100001 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#102 &#116 &#45 &#115 &#104 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#32 &#67 &#108 &#97 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 0066 0074 002D 0073 0068 0065 006C 006C      0043 006C 0061 006D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53817286158574717878237786779

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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