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Definition of Venus mercenaria

Venus mercenaria
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.
Venus mercenaria
Clam Clam, n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634). 2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps. 3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood.

Meaning of Venus mercenaria from wikipedia

- literature sources may use the systematic name Venus mercenaria; this species is in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Confusingly, the "ocean quahog" is...
- Mercenaria is a genus of edible sal****er clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus Mercenaria includes the quahogs...
- important commercially, such as (in the USA) the hard clam or quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria. The classification within the family Veneridae has been controversial...
- Venus erycina Venus mercenaria – hard clam Venus chione Venus maculata Venus meretrix Venus scortum Venus laeta Venus castrensis Venus phryne Venus meroë...
- the genus Venus, though they are now placed in other genera: these include the species within the genus Mercenaria, and Pitar dione, the Venus s**** described...
- of Canada, the term "clam" most often refers to the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria. It may also refer to a few other common edible species, such as...
- further clean up the areas so that the beds can be restored. Quahog (Venus mercenaria) Steamer clam (Mya arenaria) Longfin ins**** squid (Loligo pealei)...
- Although this clam is sweeter in taste than the northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria, it is a lot smaller, and is rarely eaten. Odd valves of Chione...
- made by clionaid sponge (producing the trace Entobia) after the death of a modern bivalve s**** of species Mercenaria mercenaria, from North Carolina...
- unidentified comparable form Mercenaria †Mercenaria campechiensis †Mercenaria ducatelli †Mercenaria mercenaria †Mercenaria plena Mesodesma †Mesodesma arctatum...