noun
1. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
• Syn: ↑quahaug, ↑quahog, ↑hard-shell clam
• Hypernyms: ↑clam
• Hyponyms: ↑littleneck, ↑littleneck clam, ↑cherrystone, ↑cherrystone clam
• Part Holonyms: ↑quahog, ↑quahaug, ↑hard-shell clam, ↑hard clam, ↑Venus mercenaria, ↑Mercenaria mercenaria
2. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
• Syn: ↑quahog, ↑quahaug, ↑hard-shell clam, ↑hard clam, ↑Venus mercenaria, ↑Mercenaria mercenaria
• Hypernyms: ↑clam
• Hyponyms: ↑littleneck, ↑littleneck clam, ↑cherrystone, ↑cherrystone clam
• Member Holonyms: ↑Venus, ↑genus Venus
• Part Meronyms: ↑quahaug, ↑quahog, ↑hard-shell clam
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noun : quahog 1
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quahog.
[1835-45, Amer.]
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round clam,
an almost circular, edible American clam; quahog.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.