| NOUN | animal | Mercenaria mercenaria, quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria | an edible American clam |
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| Meaning | An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians. | |
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| Synonyms | quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria | |
| Member of | Venus, genus Venus | type genus of the family Veneridae |
| Parts | quahaug, quahog, hard-shell clam, round clam | Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells |
| Narrower | cherrystone, cherrystone clam | A half-grown quahog |
| littleneck, littleneck clam | A young quahog | |
| Broader | clam | burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud |
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