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Proverbially Reticent Shellfish Crossword Clue

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noun

• marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

• edible body of any of numerous oysters

• a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl

verb

• gather oysters, dig oysters

40%4Proverbially reticent marine mollusc
noun

• burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

• a piece of paper money worth one dollar

• flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

verb

• gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

35%13Proverbially
adverb

• in an idiomatic manner

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