Editing Geoduck (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Jrb 20081127 Mirugai tsukiji tokyo japan 001.JPG|thumb|Geoduck for sale at [[Tsukiji fish market]] in Tokyo]]

The name ''Geoduck'' is derived from the [[Lushootseed]] name for the animal, {{Langx|lut|gʷidəq|label=none}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |publisher=University of Washington Press |year=1994 |location=Seattle}}</ref> The etymology of {{Langx|lut|gʷidəq|label=none}} is disputed. The lexical suffix {{Lang|lut|{{=}}əq}} means "many" in Lushootseed.<ref name=":0" /> The Oxford English Dictionary says it is composed of a root word of unknown meaning and {{Lang|lut|{{=}}əq}} instead meaning "genitals" (referring to the shape of the clam),<ref>{{Cite OED|geoduck|id=77740}}</ref><ref name=dictionary.com>{{Dictionary.com|geoduck|access-date=29 March 2007}}</ref> while other researchers say it is a phrase meaning "dig deep".<ref>{{Cite journal|first1=A.|last1=Campbell|first2=R. M.|last2=Harbo|first3=C. M.|last3=Hand|title=Harvesting and distribution of Pacific Geoduck Clams|journal=Proceedings of the North Pacific Symposium on Invertebrate Stock Assessment and Management|year=1998|url={{GBurl|id=WnNVQKNwRsQC|p=350}}|page=350}}</ref>

It is sometimes known as a ''mud duck'', ''king clam'' or, when [[calque|translated literally]] from [[Chinese language|Chinese]], an ''elephant-trunk clam'' ({{Zh-cjp|c=象拔蚌|p=xiàngbábàng|j=zoeng6 bat6 pong5}}).<ref>{{Cite book|url={{GBurl|id=h_L8CgAAQBAJ|q=geoduck+%22elephant%22|p=171}}|title=Diversity in Sinitic Languages|last=Chappell|first=Hilary M.|date=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-103573-9|page=171|language=en}}</ref>

Between 1983 and 2010, the scientific name of this clam was confused with that of an extinct clam, ''Panopea abrupta'' (Conrad, 1849), in scientific literature.<ref name="Vadopalas">{{cite journal|last=Vadopalas|first=B.|year=2010|title=The proper name for the geoduck: resurrection of ''Panopea generosa'' Gould, 1850, from the synonymy of ''Panopea abrupta'' (Conrad, 1849) (Bivalvia: Myoida: Hiatellidae)|url=http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/ichthyology/documents/pietsch/Geoduck.pdf|journal=Malacologia|volume=52|issue=1|pages=169–173|doi=10.4002/040.052.0111|author2=T. W. Pietsch|author3=C. S. Friedman|s2cid=84189390|access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>