quahog

IPA: kwˈeɪhɑg

An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
The largest size of such an edible clam, generally considered only fit for use in chowders and other clam dishes.
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

Examples of "quahog" in Sentences

The item on the lower right is a stuffed quahog clam.
"He should have a pickled egg to go with his quahog and his ginger brandy and his 'Gansett."
"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.
The researchers used the Northern quahog, or hard clam, and the Atlantic bay scallop, two economically - and ecologically-significant shellfish.
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.
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."