Meaning & use
littleneck
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A small hard-shell clam, especially the young quahog, prized for eating raw or steamed.
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The chef served a dozen littlenecks on ice with lemon wedges.
We steamed a bucket of littlenecks in white wine and garlic.
A note on using this word
The name comes from Little Neck Bay in New York, where the clams were once harvested in abundance.
Words with a similar meaning
quahog
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