quahog
Noun
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Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells;
Large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes (synset 107802832)is a type of: clam - flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clamssubtypes:- littleneck, littleneck clam - a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York
- cherrystone, cherrystone clam - small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino
is a part of: 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 -
An edible American clam;
The heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians (synset 101960679)is a type of: clam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmnesssubtypes:- littleneck, littleneck clam - a young quahog
- cherrystone, cherrystone clam - a half-grown quahog
belongs to: genus venus, venus - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shellshas: hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
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