How to pronounce mercenaria mercenaria in English?

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mercenaria mercenaria::noun | Spocien Dictionary

mercenaria mercenaria

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an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

Type	Words
Synonyms	hard-shell clam, hard clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria
Type of	clam
Has types	cherrystone clam, cherrystone, littleneck, littleneck clam

mercenaria mercenaria

Mercenaria mercenaria was what we were eating at Randazzo's, what you get whenever you order clams on the half shell in the eastern United States.

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