Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An edible clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) of the Atlantic coast of North America, having a hard rounded shell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The large edible round clam of the Atlantic coast of the United States, Venus mercenaria, much used for soups and chowders. See
clam , and cut underdimyarian . - To dig or search for qua-hogs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An American market clam (
Venus mercenaria ). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called alsoround clam , andhard clam .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An edible
clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America; scientific nameVenus mercenaria . - noun Very small clams used in chowders and other clam dishes.
- verb intransitive To
fish for quahogs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
- noun an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He has been a high school wrestler, a scuba diving instructor, a quahog diver, a UPS sorter, a technical writer and developmental editor, a private pilot, and a stay-at-home dad.
Podcast #33: Jeffrey A. Carver odysseyworkshop 2010
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He has been a high school wrestler, a scuba diving instructor, a quahog diver, a UPS sorter, a technical writer and developmental editor, a private pilot, and a stay-at-home dad.
Interview: Jeffrey A. Carver odysseyworkshop 2009
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"When you have ordered the quahog the bartender puts it in the toaster oven to heat up," Jim said.
A Moveable Bistro Con Chapman 2011
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It may look homely, but Food Network star Duff Goldman ("Ace of Cakes") chose the stuffed quahog ("KO-hog")—which boasts generous amounts of clam as well as linguica, the slightly spicy Portuguese sausage—for the show "The Best Thing I Ever Ate."
Cape Cod Jeff Chu 2011
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"First thing that you do is order a quahog," which is a tough clam, as tough as the toughs who lived in Main South where I lived, he said to me.
A Moveable Bistro Con Chapman 2011
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The item on the lower right is a stuffed quahog clam.
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The researchers used the Northern quahog, or hard clam, and the Atlantic bay scallop, two economically - and ecologically-significant shellfish.
Robin Madel: No More Sea Shells by the Seashore -- New Evidence of the Impacts of Rising CO2 Levels Robin Madel 2010
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He has been a high school wrestler, a scuba diving instructor, a quahog diver, a UPS sorter, a technical writer and developmental editor, a private pilot, and a stay-at-home dad.
Podcast #33: Jeffrey A. Carver odysseyworkshop 2010
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The researchers used the Northern quahog, or hard clam, and the Atlantic bay scallop, two economically - and ecologically-significant shellfish.
Robin Madel: No More Sea Shells by the Seashore -- New Evidence of the Impacts of Rising CO2 Levels Robin Madel 2010
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"He should have a pickled egg to go with his quahog and his ginger brandy and his 'Gansett."
A Moveable Bistro Con Chapman 2011
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They first caught crabs and quahogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel...
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 14
July 24, 2008