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Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes

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  1. n. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
  2. n. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians