Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An edible clam (Venus mercenaria) of the Atlantic coast of North America, having a hard rounded shell. Also called hard-shell clam, round clam.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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 under dimyarian.
- To dig or search for qua-hogs.
Wiktionary
- n. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America; scientific name Venus mercenaria.
- n. Very small clams used in chowders and other clam dishes.
- v. intransitive To fish for quahogs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also
round clam , andhard clam .
WordNet 3.0
- n. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
- n. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Etymologies
- From Narragansett. (Wiktionary)
- Narragansett poquaûhock. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
“The researchers used the Northern quahog, or hard clam, and the Atlantic bay scallop, two economically - and ecologically-significant shellfish.”
“The item on the lower right is a stuffed quahog clam.”
“When you have ordered the quahog the bartender puts it in the toaster oven to heat up," Jim said.”
“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.”
“He should have a pickled egg to go with his quahog and his ginger brandy and his 'Gansett.”
“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.”
“Anyone who'd charge her with a crime over it has the IQ of a quahog.”
“In today's pictures, a quahog fisherman frees his boat in Massachusetts, cyclists power through Qatar, a Palestinian protester lets a stone fly and more.”
“Yes | No | Report from quahog wrote 1 year 27 weeks ago”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quahog’.
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Q words
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molluscs
very comprehensive list
of molluscs,who does not like
calamari? hmm yum
molluscigerous
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phrontistery - q
from phrontistery.info
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250 Spelling Words
A selected sampling of words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
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PECH - marine species
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Animal Identity Crisis
Creatures that are described in terms of other animals. Usual rules apply: look at the entries and you'll get the hang of it :-) I could say 'no madeupicals' but, jeeperz, I'd have to put myself on...
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Words with unusual spellings or pronu...
Herein are listed words with oddball spellings and words whose pronunciation does not reflect the spelling.
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From the Algonquin et al.
Words derived from the innumerable languages of native Americans and the First Nations of Canada. I want to shine some light on this underexposed etymological background to so many common (and som...
raccoon, persimmon, mummichog, caucus, bayou, caribou, geoduck, chipmunk, skunk, opossum, moose, squash and 84 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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Moby-Dick
Interesting words and usages.
hypo, spile, hunks, grapnel, squitchy, skrimshander, monkey jacket, direful, grego, wrapall, dreadnaught, bosky and 158 more...
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sionnach's Words
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Just Plain Weird.
Something about these words doesn't look or feel right. And yet... they're strangely appealing.
pumpkin, platypus, atlatl, pterodactyl, octopus, veldt, asparagus, aspic, lacquer, mastiff, weevil, lapis and 156 more...
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flannagan's Words
netop, kenspeckle, loden, framboise, providence, milquetoast, schism, cadence, thrush, asphodel, clandestine, aesthete and 196 more...
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persnickety parlance
behoove, ebullient, insouciant, insipient, froth, quandary, quixotic, tendril, maktub, furrow, furl, anastrophe and 1076 more...
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Mollusks
"Snaily, clammy, squidy" has evolved into a vehicle for linking to mollusk quotations, so I've started this list for vernacular names of mollusks.
clam, snail, slug, squid, octopus, nautilus, conch, chank, whelk, mussel, oyster, scallop and 221 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for quahog.
yarb They first caught crabs and quahogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel...
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 14 Jul 23, 2008