quahog
IPA: kwˈeɪhɑg
noun
- 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
verb
- (intransitive) To dig for quahogs.
Examples of "quahog" in Sentences
- Following discussion quahog article on merger.
- The item on the lower right is a stuffed quahog clam.
- Peter leaves and gets a room in a hotel in downtown Quahog.
- Griffin and Redbush remain in Quahog to live happily ever after.
- Such words include quahog, papoose, powwow, squash, and succotash.
- Lois worked at the Quahog Airport for a short time as a stewardess.
- It is also known as the Northern quahog, round clam, or chowder clam.
- The quahog is the official shellfish of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
- Both shells produce white beads, but only parts of the quahog produce purple.
- The final segment involves the two's struggle to return to their home in Quahog.
- He eventually starts a town on the ruins of the community, naming it New Quahog.
- "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."