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Geoduck
The Pacific geoduck ( "gooey duck"), scientific name ''Panopea generosa'', is a species of very large, edible saltwater clam in the family Hiatellidae.〔 The common name is derived from a Lushootseed (Nisqually) word ''(unicode:gʷídəq)''.
The geoduck is native to the west coast of North America. The shell of the clam ranges from to over in length, but the extremely long siphons make the clam itself much longer than this: the "neck" or siphons alone can be in length. The geoduck is the largest burrowing clam in the world, and one of the longest-lived animals of any type.〔
==Etymology==
The name of this clam ( "gooey duck") is derived from a Lushootseed (Nisqually) word ''(unicode:gʷídəq)''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Geoduck )〕〔(''American Heritage Dictionary'' )〕 either a word composed of a first element of unknown meaning and ''əq'' meaning "genitals" (referring to the shape of the clam),〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd edition (March 2012), s.v. "(geoduck )" (subscription required).〕 or a phrase meaning "dig deep".〔A. Campbell, R. M. Harbo, and C. M. Hand, "Harvesting and distribution of Pacific Geoduck Clams", ''Proceedings of the North Pacific Symposium on Invertebrate Stock Assessment and Management'' (1998), (p. 350 ).〕 Alternate spellings include ''gweduc'', ''gweduck'', ''goeduck'', and ''goiduck''. It is sometimes known as the mud duck, king clam, or when translated literally from Chinese, the elephant-trunk clam.
Between 1983 and 2010, the scientific name of this clam was confused with that of an extinct clam, ''Panopea abrupta'' (Conrad, 1849) in the scientific literature.
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