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QUAHOG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quahog mean?
• QUAHOG (noun)
The noun QUAHOG has 2 senses:
1. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
2. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Familiarity information: QUAHOG used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
hard-shell clam; quahaug; quahog; round clam
Hypernyms ("quahog" is a kind of...):
clam (flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quahog"):
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)
Holonyms ("quahog" is a part of...):
hard-shell clam; hard clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; quahaug; quahog; round clam; Venus mercenaria (an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hard-shell clam; hard clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; quahaug; quahog; round clam; Venus mercenaria
Hypernyms ("quahog" is a kind of...):
clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)
Meronyms (parts of "quahog"):
hard-shell clam; quahaug; quahog; round clam (Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quahog"):
littleneck; littleneck clam (a young quahog)
cherrystone; cherrystone clam (a half-grown quahog)
Holonyms ("quahog" is a member of...):
genus Venus; Venus (type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells)
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