Crossword clues for quahog
quahog
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quahog \Qua"hog\, Quahaug \Qua"haug\, n. [Abbrev. fr. Narragansett Indian poqua[^u]hock.] (Zo["o]l.) An American market clam ( Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam.
Note: The name is also applied to other allied species, as Venus Mortoni of the Gulf of Mexico.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1753 (quogue; Roger Williams had it as poquauhock, 1643), from an Algonquian language, perhaps Narragansett poquauhock or Pequot p'quaghhaug "hard clam."
Wiktionary
n. 1 An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from genus (taxlink Mercenaria mercenaria species noshow=1), formerly ''Venus mercenaria''. 2 Very small clams used in chowders and other clam dishes. vb. (context intransitive English) To fish for quahogs.
WordNet
n. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes [syn: quahaug, hard-shell clam, round clam]
an edible American clam [syn: quahaug, hard-shell clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria]
Wikipedia
Quahog is a common name for the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) and may also refer to:
- Arctica islandica, the ocean quahog
- North Kingstown, Rhode Island, nicknamed "Quahog County" by its residents
- Quahog, Rhode Island, the fictional setting of the animated sitcom Family Guy
Usage examples of "quahog".
He has been a high school wrestler, a scuba diving instructor, a quahog diver, a UPS sorter, a word-processing consultant, a private pilot, and a stay-at-home dad.
He has been a high school wrestler, a scuba diving instructor, a quahog diver, a UPS sorter, a private pilot, a freelance instructional and web designer, and a stay-at-home dad.
The oldest land animals of any kind are tortoisesCaptain Cook gave one to the king of Tonga that supposedly lived one hundred eighty-eight yearsand some mollusks, like the ocean quahog, a thick-shelled clam, can last a couple of hundred years.
What had surprised Eden was how much Sarah seemed to know about the man, yet when Eden tried to ask why, her beloved aunt closed up tighter than a quahog clam.
The forsythia gave off a golden glow on either side of the gates marked by granite pillars, and the crushed white quahog shells that served as driveway dressing brightened the grassy surround.
Hard clam fans find a decided kick in the somewhat aggressive, masterful nature of the quahog, as opposed to the gentler, rather whimsical personality of the humble softie.
He has been a high school wrestler, a scuba diving instructor, a quahog diver, a UPS sorter, a private pilot, a freelance instructional designer, and a stay-at-home dad.
Harvesting quahogs had been a lifelong hobby, and she suspected it now doubled as an additional means of support.
She found out later the lane was paved with the crushed shells of thousands of little clams called quahogs, and she had been awed with the utter wonder of it all.
Kris's one seaside vacation had included hunting for quahogs on a Cape Cod beach so she recognized the little holes left where molluscs had opened an air passage.
Howard and friends would dig pits in the beach and drop shiny new trash cans into the holes, then fill them with quahogs, lobsters, codfish, vegetables, potatoes and corn, allowing them to simmer over glowing coals buried deep in the sand while everyone drank themselves silly.