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quahog

The correct spelling is quahog.

How to pronounce quahog

noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/

Say it like: Kwa-hog

The correct spelling is quahog. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
  2. 2.A similar edible clam found along coasts around the North Atlantic, generally in deeper waters, the ocean quahog, black quahog, mahogany clam or Icelandic cyprine, Arctica islandica

verb

  1. 1.To dig for quahogs.

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