| 单词 | hard clam | 
| 释义 | > as lemmashard clam   hard clam  n. an edible marine bivalve mollusc,  Mercenaria mercenaria (family  Veneridae), native to the eastern coast of North America; also called quahog, hardshell clam.Contrasted with soft clam n. at soft adj. Compounds 2c. ΚΠ 1825    N.Y. Minerva 16 July 236/1  				The myas and the venus, or the soft and hard clams, as the people call them. 1934    F. M. Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Bk. xiii. 171  				Manhattan Clam Chowder, 1 pint hard clams, finely chopped... 2 cups stewed tomatoes, strained if desired. 2013    Newsday 		(N.Y.)	 		(Nexis)	 16 Oct.  a14  				Brown tide algae..[have] returned to Long Island's South Shore at a time of year that helps set next spring's hard-clam reproductive season. < as lemmas | 
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