pismo clam

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pis·mo clam (p

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A large, thick-shelled, edible marine clam (Tivela stultorum) of the southern Pacific coast of North America.

[After Pismo Beach, a city of southwest California.]

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No references found			Here are the top 5 camping spots in California: Pismo Beach An ideal coastal camping spot, Pismo Beach offers campers plenty of things to see and do including clam hunting for the famous Pismo clam, surf fishing and some great swimming and hiking in summer. Top 5 California Camping Spots by Gabriel Adams / Travel, recreation and leisure community Hover is unhappy with the harbor seals decree, stating the animals have all but wiped out the Pismo clam population. THE FUR IS FLYING; DEBATE RAGES OVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT : SPECIALTY ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) But a study by Rikk Kvitek and others published in Marine Biology in 1988 said the deeper-burrowing clams such as the Washington and gaper clams found in the slough may be more resistant to severe impact by sea otter predation than the shallower-burrowing varieties like Pismo clams. OTTER CLAN HAPPY AS CLAMS IN OWN ESTUARY : MALE ENCLAVE'S CHOICE OF ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			Piscicapture Piscicultural pisciculture Pisciculturist Piscidia Piscidia erythrina Piscidia piscipula pisciform piscina Piscinal piscine Piscis Austrinus piscivorous Pise pisé Pisgah pish pisha paysha pishogue Pishpek Pishu pisiform pisiform bone Pisistratus pismire pismo clam piso pisolite pisolith Pisolitic Pisonia Pisonia aculeata Pisophalt piss piss about piss about or around piss artist piss away piss down piss off piss-poor piss-take piss-up pissaba palm Pissabed pissant Pissarro Pissasphalt pissed pissed off pisser			pisiform bone pisiform bone pisiform bone Pisiform bones Pisiform bones pisiforms pisiforms PISIG PISIL PISIM Pisin Pisionidae Pisistratus Pisistratus PISITREP Piskacek's sign Piskarev Letopisets Piskarevskoe Cemetery Piskorskii, Vladimir Piskorskii, Vladimir Konstantinovich PISL PISM PiSMA PISMC pismire pismires Pismo Beach Police Department pismo clam Pismo Oceano Vegetable Exchange Pismo State Beach PISMP PISMS PISN piso piso piso piso Piso Salarial Profissional Nacional PISOC PISOD Pisohamate ligament pisolite pisolite pisolith pisolith pisoliths pisoliths pisolitic pisolitic pisolitic tuff Pisometacarpal ligament Pisonia Pisonia aculeata pisoparite Pisophalt Pisorum Pisorum PISP

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