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View synonyms for littleneck

littleneck

[ lit-l-nek ]

noun

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


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Origin of littleneck1

1850–55, Americanism; named after Little Neck Bay, N.Y., where it was once plentiful

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