HyperDic: venus_mercenaria

English > 1 sense of the expression Venus mercenaria:
NOUNanimalVenus mercenaria, quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Mercenaria mercenariaan edible American clam
English > Venus mercenaria: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians.
Synonymsquahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Mercenaria mercenaria
Member ofVenus, genus Venustype genus of the family Veneridae
Partsquahaug, quahog, hard-shell clam, round clamAtlantic coast round clams with hard shells
Narrowercherrystone, cherrystone clamA half-grown quahog
littleneck, littleneck clamA young quahog
Broaderclamburrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud

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