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hard clam - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

Mercenaria mercenaria, Venus mercenaria, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam

clam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

genus Venus, Venus - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells

littleneck, littleneck clam - a young quahog

cherrystone, cherrystone clam - a half-grown quahog

hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes

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cherrystone cherrystone clam clam genus Venus hard-shell clam littleneck littleneck clam Mercenaria mercenaria quahaug quahog round clam Venus Venus mercenaria			An experimental approach to examine the effect of the northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria on the development of blooms of the brown tide alga, Aureococcus anophagefferens. Natural variation in larval size and developmental rate of the ... by Przeslawski, R.; Webb, A.R. / Journal of Shellfish Research 2+] signaling pathway in regulating meiotic maturation in oocytes of the northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria, free extracellular [Ca. Involvement of [Ca.sup.2+] signaling pathway during oocyte maturation ... by Zhang, Tao; Wang, Qing; Yang, Hongsheng / Journal of Shellfish Research Influence of dinoflagellate cell toxicity on uptake and loss of paralytic shellfish toxins in the northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria. Mortality of the veined rapa whelk, Rapana venosa, in relation to a ... by Harding, Juliana M.; Mann, Roger; Moeller, Peter; Hsia, Michelle S. / Journal of Shellfish Research			northern holly fern Northern Ireland Northern Irish Northern Isles northern Jacob's ladder Northern Kingdom northern lights Northern lobster northern mammoth Northern Mariana Islands Northern Marianas Northern muscadine northern node northern oak fern northern oriole Northern Paiute northern parula northern phalarope northern pike northern pin oak northern pitch pine northern pocket gopher northern porgy Northern prickly ash Northern Province Northern quahog northern red oak Northern Rhodesia northern scup northern sea robin Northern Shoshone northern shrike northern snakehead Northern snow bedstraw Northern Sotho Northern Sporades Northern Spy northern storm petrel Northern Territories Northern Territory northern white cedar northern whiting northern woodsia northerner Northernly northernmost northernness northing northland Northlander Northman			northern porgy Northern Portugal Paintball League Northern Potter Children's School Northern Powder River Basin Northern Power Distribution Company Limited Northern Power Football League Northern Power Generation Company Limited Northern Power Sharing Executive Northern Power Systems Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Northern Prawn Fishery Assessment Group Northern Premier League Northern Premier League Premier Division Northern prickly ash Northern Prospectors Association Northern Province Northern Province Investment Initiative Northern Province Tourism Board Northern Province, Cameroon Northern Puffer Northern Puget Sound Ecological Characterization Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation Northern Pygmy Mouse Northern Pygmy Owl Northern quahog Northern Quebec Inuit Association Northern Raccoon Northern Raccoon Northern Raccoon Northern Railroad Northern Railroad of New York Northern Railway Northern Railway Central Hospital Northern Range Ranch Roping Series Northern Real Time Applications Northern Realities, Inc. Northern Rebels northern red oak northern red oak northern red oak Northern Region Northern Region Contracting Center Northern Region Electricity Board Northern Region Film and Television Archive Northern Region Fisheries Board Northern Region Hepatitis Consortium Northern Region Water Board Northern Regional Advisory Council Northern Regional Center for Independent Living Northern Regional Development Board Northern Regional Football League Northern Regional Library Facility

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hard clam (redirected from Northern quahog)

hard clam
(redirected from Northern quahog)