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Definition of Quahog
1. Noun. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes.
Group relationships: Hard Clam, Hard-shell Clam, Mercenaria Mercenaria, Quahaug, Round Clam, Venus Mercenaria
Generic synonyms: Clam
Specialized synonyms: Littleneck, Littleneck Clam, Cherrystone, Cherrystone Clam
2. Noun. An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians.
Generic synonyms: Clam
Group relationships: Genus Venus, Venus
Specialized synonyms: Littleneck, Littleneck Clam, Cherrystone, Cherrystone Clam
Terms within: Hard-shell Clam, Quahaug, Round Clam
Definition of Quahog
1. n. An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam.
Definition of Quahog
1. Noun. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America; scientific name ''Venus mercenaria''. ¹
2. Noun. Very small clams used in chowders and other clam dishes. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To fish for quahogs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quahog
1. an edible clam [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quahog
Literary usage of Quahog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Natural History Society of New Brunswick (1887)
"This is one of the two or three Molluscs popularly included under the name
quahog—Venus mercenaria being the true quahog. In general appearance these two ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1874)
"One of the localities, most interesting zoologically, that we visited, is a small
shallow and sheltered cove, at the upper end of quahog Bay, about thirty ..."
3. A History of the New England Fisheries: With Maps by Raymond McFarland (1911)
"The early productiveness of the quahog at Cape Cod is shown by the presence of
numerous shell-mounds, built up by the Indians and consisting almost entirely ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1874)
"One of the localities, most interesting zoologically, that we visited, is a small
shallow and sheltered cove, at the upper end of quahog Bay, about thirty ..."
5. The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations by Thomas Williams Bicknell (1920)
"There were two kinds, white and black, made of the quahog and Periwinkle ...
The black peag was the small round spot in the inside of the quahog shell. ..."
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