quahog

[ US /ˈkwɑˌhɔɡ/ ]
[ UK /kwˈæhɒɡ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
  2. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
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How To Use quahog In A Sentence

  • We don't eat clams in Rhode Island - we eat quahogs.
  • The taxonomic Latin for ‘quahog’ is Mercenaria mercenaria - a tautonym that pays tribute to the use of quahog shells as wampum.
  • Researchers hope to develop a new method to reconstruct southwest Florida's past climates using shells of the native Florida clam, the southern quahog.
  • Just as later he would return to listing woodpeckers, hawks and wild flowers in Carolina, he is obsessed by Whitman-like lists of fauna: lookdowns, triggerfish, halfbeaks, hairtails, blackbacks, mossbunkers and quahogs.
  • Another oceanic resident, the quahog clam (Arctica islandica), is thought to be one of the longest lived metazoans of all.
  • Small quahogs less than 2-3/4 inches are so named for Littleneck Bay on Long Island, New York.
  • The Cleveland Show's Cleveland Brown has to deal with a lot of pressure since moving out of Quahog, R.I. He's had to acclimate to a new town (Stoolbend, Va.) and a new job, all while taking on a new stepdaughter and stepson in Roberta and Rallo. Exclusive Video: First Look at The Cleveland Show's "Live" Episode
  • 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
  • So whether you're scampering up side canyons looking for hidden waterfalls, wading coastal waters in search of quahogs, or portaging an unrunnable section of river, the water shoes below will perform swimmingly.
  • Just as later he would return to listing woodpeckers, hawks and wild flowers in Carolina, he is obsessed by Whitman-like lists of fauna: lookdowns, triggerfish, halfbeaks, hairtails, blackbacks, mossbunkers and quahogs.
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