Taking that advice, we enjoyed a bowl of large, tender clams in white wine sauce.
Cherrystone, the next larger clam, at two and a quarter to three inches, refers to a creek in Virginia.
They have been know to "rape land" in a few hours with very large clams rakes.
Another unusually large giant clam was found in 1956 off the Japanese island of Ishigaki.
The chef picked up a large clam that was still moving and sliced it.
Freshwater mussels, which resemble large clams, are vital parts of a river's ecosystem.
The name can also be written Geoduck and is not named for a bird, but a large clam.
Starting on Friday anyone with a town shellfish license can take their largest clam to one of three designated seafood outlets.
He only ate the strip from the large clam, which he could sanitize.
Both appetizers were ruined by large, impossibly chewy clams.