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Definition of Quahaug

Quahaug
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.

Meaning of Quahaug from wikipedia

- (/ˈkoʊhɒɡ/ KOH-hog, /ˈkwɔːhɒɡ/ KWAW-hog, or /kwəˈhɒɡ/ kwə-HOG, also spelt quahaug, quohog or cohog). The word comes from the Narragansett word "poquauhock"...
- 1965 Oregon Oregon hairy triton Fusitriton oregonensis 1989 Rhode Island Quahaug Mercenaria mercenaria 1987 South Carolina Lettered olive Oliva sayana 1984...
- Viola sororia 1968 Insect American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americ**** 2015 Tree Red Maple Acer rubrum 1964 S**** Quahaug Mercenaria mercenaria 1987...
- Mr. Pratt's Patients (1913) Cap'n Dan's Daughter (1914) Kent Knowles: Quahaug (1914) Thankful's Inheritance (1915) Mary-'Gusta (1916) Extricating Obadiah...
- Micmac came to the island in the summer months to dig clams, mussels and quahaugs. The first full-time inhabitants of the island were settlers from Scotland...
- Fifth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014. "Quahaug, quahog", in Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed (Oxford: Clarendon...