n. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America. (scientific name Venus mercenaria)
n. Large clams used in chowders and other clam dishes.
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n. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
n. an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Word Usage
"If those two had not met I should not be writing this to-day, I might not be writing at all; instead of having become a Bayport "quahaug" I might have been the Lord knows what."