butter clam

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butter clam

A large, delicately flavored clam of the genus Saxidomus, found on the Pacific coast of North America and having a distinctive shell that was formerly used as money by Native Americans. Also called money shell.

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money shell			These terraces artificially raised the level of selected beaches and created prime habitat for the butter clam saxidomus gigantea, a major food source for coastal people for at least 2,000 years. Native ingenuity: first nations groups knew not only how to harvest ... by Arnett, Christopher / Literary Review of Canada KEY WORDS: Saxidomus purpuratus, immunoassay, reproduction, egg, ELISA, butter clam INTRODUCTION The butter clam, Saxidomus purpuratus Sowerby 1852, is a highly valued shellfish species commonly found on subtidal, silty-sand substrates along the southern and western coasts of Korea. Development of a Saxidomus purpuratus (mollusca: bivalvia) ... by Choi, Kwang-Sik / Journal of Shellfish Research Hitting the beach at minus tide, we easily filled a bucket with butter clams in an hour's digging. An Alaskan smorgasbord by Schuh, Dwight / Bowhunter			butt butt against Butt and butt butt at Butt chain butt end butt hinge butt in butt into butt joint butt on butt pack butt plate Butt riveting butt shaft butt weld butt welding butt-weld butt-welding Butte butter Butter and eggs butter bean Butter boat butter churn butter clam butter cookie butter curler butter daisy butter dish Butter flower butter knife butter muslin Butter of tin Butter of zinc Butter print butter stamp butter tart Butter tooth Butter tree Butter trier butter up Butter wife butter woman butter-and-eggs butter-bean plant butter-fingered butter-flower butter-print Butter-scotch butterball			butted heads butted heads butted heads butted heads butted naked butted naked butted naked butted naked butted out butted out butted out butted out butter butter butter butter butter butter Butter and Egg Days Butter and eggs Butter and eggs butter bean butter bean butter bean Butter beans Butter beans Butter beans Butter boat Butter Buds Food Ingredients butter churn butter clam butter cookie Butter cookies butter curler butter daisy butter dish Butter dock Butter fat Butter fat Butter fat butter finish Butter fish Butter fish Butter flower butter knife Butter Maker Butter milk Butter milk Butter milk butter muslin Butter nut Butter nut Butter nut of Guiana Butter of antimony Butter of arsenic Butter of tin Butter of Zinc Butter of Zinc Butter pat Butter pat Butter pat

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