quahog
or qua·haug
[kwaw-hawg, -hog, kwoh-, koh-, kwuh-hawg, -hog]
noun
an edible clam, Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast, having a relatively thick shell.
Origin of quahog
1745–55, Americanism; < Narragansett (E spelling) poquaûhock
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The 'neck' is a foot, and it's little because the quahog doesn't burrow deep.
The Boy With the U. S. FisheriesFrancis Rolt-Wheeler
It is to this family that the quahog or hard clam of our markets belongs.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural HistoryTheodore Wood
Quahog, kwa-hog′, n. the common round clam of the North American Atlantic coast.
The quahog is a thick-shelled, roundish mollusk with a distinctly heart-shaped outline when looked at endwise.
Zoology: The Science of Animal LifeErnest Ingersoll
The former (Venus mercenaria) was called by the Indians "quahog," and is still so called in the Eastern states.
A Civic BiologyGeorge William Hunter
quahog
noun
Word Origin for quahog
C18: from Narraganset, short for poquauhock, from pohkeni dark + hogki shell
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