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long-neck clam

long-neck clam

4.4
A type of shellfish with a thin oval shell and a long thin neck eaten as food
  • noun
translation icon : almeja de cuello largo
  • We enjoyed a delicious plate of long-neck clams steamed with garlic and butter.

Examples

  • The restaurant serves fresh long-neck clams straight from the local bay.

  • Many seafood lovers prefer long-neck clams for making chowder.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish with long-neck clams.

  • I love eating long-neck clams during summer.

  • Many seafood lovers prefer long-neck clams for making chowder.

  • We enjoyed a delicious plate of long-neck clams steamed with garlic and butter.

  • The restaurant serves fresh long-neck clams straight from the local bay.

Synonyms

clam
vslong-neck clam
24 1.0

The edible meat from a shellfish that people cook and eat

describes the living bivalve with a long thin siphon and oval shell

Surface Forms

long-neck clam singular
long-neck clams plural

Morphology

long-neck + clam

The phrase is a simple descriptive compound: 'long-neck' (having a long neck/siphon) modifies 'clam' (a bivalve), so the overall meaning — a clam with a long neck — is directly and transparently derivable from the parts. This adjective+noun compositional pattern is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily understand it.

Etymology

Long-neck clam comes from the clam's long, thin neck, a soft tube that sticks out from the shell and looks like a neck. So the name is used today for the edible clam with that long, thin neck.