|  quahaug 
 
 1. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells;
 large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
 • Syn:
 quahog, hard-shell clam, round clam
 • Hypernyms:
 clam
 • Hyponyms:
 littleneck, littleneck clam, cherrystone, cherrystone clam
 • Part Holonyms:
 quahog, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria
 2. an edible American clam;
 the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
 • Syn:
 quahog, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria
 • Hypernyms:
 clam
 • Hyponyms:
 littleneck, littleneck clam, cherrystone, cherrystone clam
 • Member Holonyms:
 Venus, genus Venus
 • Part Meronyms:
 quahog, hard-shell clam, round clam
 
 
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