cherrystone

English Thesaurus

1. a half-grown quahog (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	hard clam, hard-shell clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria,
definition	:	an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians (noun.animal)

2. small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino (noun.food)

hypernym	:	hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam,
definition	:	Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes (noun.food)