DCHP-3

clucker

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the two shells of a scallop still joined at the hinge after the scallop has died naturally.

Quotations

1955
Numbers of empty shells, called "cluckers" by the fishermen, are brought up in the drags among the living scallops. . . .
1955
The size of the population of living scallops and cluckers may be judged from the catches of each.