razor clam
noun
: any of a family (Solenidae) of marine lamellibranch mollusks having a long narrow thin shell
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There’s a razor clam dish that reflects like a black mirror.
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The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2024
One of the restaurant’s thirty-five steady-handed chefs had spooned this mixture into a cavity in the eye’s center, then topped it with black caviar suspended in a gel made from codfish eyes and razor clams, to simulate a wet cornea-like surface.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
The harvesting of razor clams, bay clams and oysters was also shut down in parts of the coast.
—CBS News, 10 June 2024
Inland bears eat lots of freshwater fish, while coastal bears eat saltwater fish, seaweed, razor clams, and the occasional dead sea mammal.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024
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The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2024
One of the restaurant’s thirty-five steady-handed chefs had spooned this mixture into a cavity in the eye’s center, then topped it with black caviar suspended in a gel made from codfish eyes and razor clams, to simulate a wet cornea-like surface.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
The harvesting of razor clams, bay clams and oysters was also shut down in parts of the coast.
—CBS News, 10 June 2024
Inland bears eat lots of freshwater fish, while coastal bears eat saltwater fish, seaweed, razor clams, and the occasional dead sea mammal.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024
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