surf clam
noun
: any of various typically rather large surf-dwelling edible clams (family Mactridae)
especially
: a common clam (Spisula solidissima) of the Atlantic coast chiefly from Nova Scotia to South Carolina
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The Signature Bowl spotlights tuna tartare, scallops, surf clam, yuzu tobiko, and cucumber, while the more delicate Shiro Bowl uses refined amberjack and sea bream sashimi.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
During our dinner, snacks were highly conceptual, from a clam broth and tomato water blend, served inside of a surf clam shell that had been transformed into a drinking vessel with beeswax, to a moon snail served with a spoon crafted from a snail shell.
—David Graver, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
Those include a decadent hen-egg custard topped with surf clams in a scallion emulsion and Kaluga caviar, as well as a tender, almost salmon-like piece of trout alongside a teensy artichoke flower.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2023
Chinese researchers described the gonadal development of the dwarf surf clam, and astrophysicists discovered the tightest ultracool dwarf binary.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
Waves had kicked surf clams out of the offshore sediments and strewn them on the shore, where seagulls were trying to figure out how to fly off with such heavy larder.
—William Sargent, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2020
Now scientists like Saba want to know what might happen to animals that live in the Northeast, a region home to commercially important fishes, wild stocks of quahogs (clams), scallops, and surf clams that can't swim away from growing acidic waters.
—Eric Niiler, National Geographic, 15 June 2018
This region is home to commercially important fishes, as well as wild stocks of quahogs, scallops, and surf clams that can't swim away from growing acidic waters.
—Eric Niiler, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2018
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
During our dinner, snacks were highly conceptual, from a clam broth and tomato water blend, served inside of a surf clam shell that had been transformed into a drinking vessel with beeswax, to a moon snail served with a spoon crafted from a snail shell.
—David Graver, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
Those include a decadent hen-egg custard topped with surf clams in a scallion emulsion and Kaluga caviar, as well as a tender, almost salmon-like piece of trout alongside a teensy artichoke flower.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2023
Chinese researchers described the gonadal development of the dwarf surf clam, and astrophysicists discovered the tightest ultracool dwarf binary.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
Waves had kicked surf clams out of the offshore sediments and strewn them on the shore, where seagulls were trying to figure out how to fly off with such heavy larder.
—William Sargent, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2020
Now scientists like Saba want to know what might happen to animals that live in the Northeast, a region home to commercially important fishes, wild stocks of quahogs (clams), scallops, and surf clams that can't swim away from growing acidic waters.
—Eric Niiler, National Geographic, 15 June 2018
This region is home to commercially important fishes, as well as wild stocks of quahogs, scallops, and surf clams that can't swim away from growing acidic waters.
—Eric Niiler, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2018
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“Surf clam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surf%20clam. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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