An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.
1How in the name of a soft-shell clam--
2Soft-shell clams gape when they are alive.
3Rhode Island has been successful in cultivating soft-shell clams and in increasing the area of its clam beds.
4Put the required number of small, soft-shell clams into a saucepan, and bring to a boil, in their own liquor.
5It simply meant that, the Oyster Months being past, the "human body" begins to be nourished with soft-shell clams.
6Add the potatoes cut into dice, onion shaved, a cupful of stewed tomatoes, rolled ship crackers, minced parsley, soft-shelled clams, and boiling water.
7Herring, salmon-trout, sturgeon, whitefish, pickerel, yellow perch, catfish, green turtle, terrapin, scallops, soft-shell clams, oysters, prawns, smoked salmon, smoked halibut, smoked haddock, salt codfish.