LITTLENECK


Meaning of LITTLENECK in English

/lit"l nek'/ , n.

the quahog clam, Venus mercenaria, when young and small.

[ 1850-55, Amer.; named after Little Neck Bay, N.Y., where it was once plentiful ]

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