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quahog::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hard-shell clam, quahaug, round clam |
| Type of | clam |
| Has types | cherrystone, cherrystone clam, littleneck, littleneck clam |
quahog::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hard-shell clam, hard clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, round clam, venus mercenaria |
| Type of | clam |
| Has types | littleneck clam, cherrystone clam, cherrystone, littleneck |
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Altieri also determined that only the quahog can survive during severe hypoxia.
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Both shells produce white beads, but only parts of the quahog produce purple.
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In an odd twist, Altieri found that quahog populations declined in healthier waters.
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And there is the simple hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, the northern quahog.
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Estimated age, in years, of a quahog clam found off the coast of Iceland.
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Perhaps the most famous Native bead is wampum, a cylindrical tube of quahog or whelk shell.
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Experts say one in one in 100,000 quahog clams have pearls and one in 20 of those are gem quality.
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Quahog becomes the subject of a flu epidemic, and Peter goes to see Dr. Hartman for a vaccine.
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From the first time I tasted real clam chowder made properly with fresh quahog chowder clams, I was hooked.
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- Quahaug: Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
- An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
- The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), also known as a quahog (or quahaug), round clam, or hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America, from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatu00E1n Peninsula...
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- The Native American name for the (East Coast) hard-shelled clam. Quahog is also sometimes used to describe very large clams.
- A large clam whose shells live on as ashtrays in summer rentals. Their tough meat is chopped or ground for chowda or 'cakes.
- A hard shelled bivalve native to the eastern shores of North America. They come in many sizes, the smallest of which are called countnecks, next size up are littlenecks, then topnecks. Above that are the cherrystones, and the largest are called quahogs or chowder clams. In R.I. ...
- Indian name for the large Atlantic Coast clams
