Word Meanings - MERCENARIA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quahog.

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• QUAHOG; QUAHAUG
  An American market clam . It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam. Note: The name is also applied to other allied species, as Venus Mortoni of the Gulf of Mexico.