How to Use razor clam in a Sentence

razor clam

noun
  • The harvesting of razor clams, bay clams and oysters was also shut down in parts of the coast.
    CBS News, 10 June 2024
  • Clatsop County is the best place to find razor clams, while Dungeness and red rock crabs can be caught up and down the coast.
    OregonLive.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Beaches on the central and south Oregon Coast are closed to razor clam digging.
    Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Night digging for razor clams takes a little know-how and caution; diggers must always keep an eye to the surf.
    Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Eat lobster corn dogs, razor clam stuffies, and seafood potage for dinner Monday through Sunday.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • These range from felony drug charges to driving without insurance to exceeding the bag limit of razor clams.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 May 2023
  • The fishery, which opens in May and can run into August, is the only commercial razor clam fishery in Alaska.
    Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2018
  • Clamzilla chowder, anyone? Jason Stricker was stunned at what his shovel turned up — a razor clam filling the palm of his hand.
    Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Portions of the south Oregon Coast have reopened to razor clam digging, but the honey hole on Clatsop beaches remains closed.
    oregonlive, 8 May 2021
  • Then a two-person team was stationed midway down the bay—which is long and beautiful and curves back on itself at each end, like the razor clam shells scattered on the sand—with 12-gauge shotguns.
    J.b. MacKinnon, Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2017
  • To illustrate the direct link between the ocean’s health and the tribe’s livelihood, the Quinault people have an annual summer razor clam dig to harvest clams to sell.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The razor clam pulls its shell up, creating a vacuum that sucks water into the space surrounding its body.
    Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2012
  • Each new dish was lovely, a razor clam presented on a log covered in seaweed or a single oyster leaf in an oyster shell.
    Kevin Wilson, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Sample the chef’s tasting of 11 rotating crudos, from beautiful razor clams with chili and mint to striped jack with a horseradish-caviar-chive topping.
    Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
  • In a simple brine, razor clams maintained their yielding chew and mild, distinct salinity.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • So, too, was tagliolini with razor clams, lamb bacon, and Calabrian chile.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Washington has also set new razor clam seasons on its ocean beaches.
    oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Don’t miss the brie, red pepper, artichoke, and caviar montadito, or the razor clam conservas.
    Isabelle Kliger, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Simple dishes like sirloin steak, grilled razor clams and seafood risotto are adroitly prepared.
    Andrew Ferren, WSJ, 13 June 2018
  • Recent dinner offerings featured a tuna and eggplant crepe, razor clam with yuzu kosho and nori, rabbit with sweet corn porridge, and roasted cod with chanterelles.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The special menu features Alaska razor clams with cantaloupe and caviar, rabbit with garlic walnut cream and smoked bison osso bucco.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • The peninsula also has one of the Pacific Northwest’s richest razor clam grounds and great crabbing, fishing, and oystering.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
  • The razor clams, diced into tender discs and sautéed warm with guanciale before being stuffed back into their slender shells, were an adventure bite worth ordering.
    Craig Laban, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
  • Digging on Clatsop beaches accounts for the vast majority of razor clams taken annually in Oregon, but will close the evening of July 14.
    Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 10 June 2023
  • 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 state’s razor clam fishery alone can generate $1 million in revenue for these tribes, and the tourism associated with clamming can earn another $28 million.
    Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Clatsop County beaches are closed to all razor clam digging until October.
    oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Washington will open a five day Christmas vacation dig for razor clams, beginning Monday.
    oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Oregon beaches north of Cascade Head, including Clatsop County beaches, are open daily to razor clam digging.
    Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 16 Apr. 2018

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