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hard clam ThesaurusNoun | 1. | hard clam - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American IndiansMercenaria mercenaria, Venus mercenaria, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clamclam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmnessgenus Venus, Venus - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shellslittleneck, littleneck clam - a young quahogcherrystone, cherrystone clam - a half-grown quahoghard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes | EncyclopediaSeequahoghard cancer
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Synonyms for hard clamnoun an edible American clamSynonyms- Mercenaria mercenaria
- Venus mercenaria
- hard-shell clam
- quahaug
- quahog
- round clam
Related Words- clam
- genus Venus
- Venus
- littleneck
- littleneck clam
- cherrystone
- cherrystone clam
- hard-shell clam
- quahaug
- quahog
- round clam
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