Geoduck
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡuː.iˌdʌk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Geoduck is a noun meaning (New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
Meaning
(New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
More Meanings
- The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
Example Sentences
Alick Shaw... uses up to 14 kilograms of geoduck in chowder weekly.
I survey the ice-lined crates containing sea snails, rock cod, sea urchin and a Vancouver favorite, geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck)—a giant clam.
Glycimeris generosa. Olympia, Washington Territory... The boys at Olympia call them ‘Geoducks’; they dig them on a certain sand bar at extreme low tide, and sell them to a merchant who ships them to Portland, Oreg... The boys inform me that the Indians on the Sound... dry them for food with the other clams.
Word Forms
- geoducks
- geoduc
- geoduk
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clams, goeduck, gweduck, gooeyduck, goeyduck, gweduc.
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