quahog
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- noun
- /ˈkwɑːhɔg/
- US
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quahog
- In 1880, total landings of quahogs along the east coast were about the same as for soft clams, just over 1 million bushels as recorded by Ingersoll.
- ocean quahogs
Or, to be more specific, it was an ocean Quahog, who had spent most of its long life buried in a sandy seabed.
- Or, to be more specific, it was an ocean Quahog, who had spent most of its long life buried in a sandy seabed.
Examples
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In good days, each dug about 3 bushels of quahogs, which sold for a total of $2.
Academic text (1991) -
Some quahog diggers worked as crewmen on oyster dredge boats and as tongers during the oyster seasons.
Academic text (1996) -
Or, to be more specific, it was an ocean Quahog, who had spent most of its long life buried in a sandy seabed.
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In Great South Bay, Long Island, fishermen raked and tonged quahogs throughout the year, but mostly in summer when oysters were not in season.
Academic text (1991) -
The consumption of quahogs in the summer was far smaller than that of raw oysters in the winter (Anonymous, 1897).
Academic text (1996) -
The following day, the women come ashore to do the washing, and all of them gorge themselves on quahogs, cherrystones, and mussels, which make them sick.
Fiction book (1992) -
Tags must be affixed to cages to surf clams and ocean quahogs before the cages leave the vessel and must be removed when the cages are emptied at the final processing site.
Academic text (1991) -
The chef prepared a delicious chowder with fresh quahogs from the local fish market.
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We enjoyed a seafood feast that included grilled quahogs and roasted vegetables.
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During the summer, many families go digging for quahogs along the beach.
Synonyms
A large edible clam with a hard shell that was used as money by some Native American tribes
A large edible American clam with a heavy rounded shell often used in chowder
A medium sized sea animal with a hard shell often eaten cooked or raw
A large edible clam from the Atlantic coast whose shell was once used as money by Native Americans
A North American clam with a thick hard shell that is eaten as food
A large clam you can eat with a hard rounded shell
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word quahog comes from a Native American language of New England, from the old word quohaug meaning 'large edible clam'. So today quahog means a big, hard-shelled clam often eaten or used to make wampum beads.