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单词 hard-shell clam
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hard-shell clam


hard-shell clam

n. See quahog.

qua•hog

or qua•haug

(ˈkoʊ hɔg, -hɒg, ˈkwoʊ-, ˈkwɔ-)

n. a thick-shelled, edible clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, of Atlantic North American coasts. [1745–55, Amer.; < Narragansett (E sp.) poquaûhock]
Thesaurus
Noun1.hard-shell clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shellshard-shell clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishesquahaug, quahog, round clamMercenaria mercenaria, hard clam, Venus mercenaria, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indiansclam - flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clamslittleneck, littleneck clam - a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New Yorkcherrystone, cherrystone clam - small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino
2.hard-shell clam - an edible American clamhard-shell clam - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indianshard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, Venus mercenaria, 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
EncyclopediaSeequahog

hard-shell clam


  • noun

Synonyms for hard-shell clam

noun Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells

Synonyms

  • quahaug
  • quahog
  • round clam

Related Words

  • Mercenaria mercenaria
  • hard clam
  • Venus mercenaria
  • hard-shell clam
  • quahaug
  • quahog
  • round clam
  • clam
  • littleneck
  • littleneck clam
  • cherrystone
  • cherrystone clam

noun an edible American clam

Synonyms

  • hard clam
  • Mercenaria mercenaria
  • Venus mercenaria
  • 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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