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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Abbrev. fr. Narragansett Indian

poquaûhock

(Zool.)

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

☞ The name is also applied to other allied species, as

Venus Mortoni

of the Gulf of Mexico.

Noun.

quaw'hog. In New England, the popular name of a large species of clams or bivalvular shells. [This name is probably derived from the natives.]