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Quahog

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Noun

1. hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam

Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes

2. hard clam, hard-shell clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria

an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quahog

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noun
an edible clam, Venus (or Mercenaria) mercenaria, native to the Atlantic coast of North America, having a large heavy rounded shell
. Also called: hard-shell clam, hard-shell, round clam Compare soft-shell clam

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Quahog

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noun
an edible clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) of the E coast of North America, having a large, thick, hard shell

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quahog

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n.
An edible clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) of the Atlantic coast of North America, having a hard rounded shell. Also called hard-shell clam, round clam.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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