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cherrystone clam

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Noun1.cherrystone clam - small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino
hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes
2.cherrystone clam - a half-grown quahog
Mercenaria mercenaria, hard clam, Venus mercenaria, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians


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The creamy broth of the striped bass and cherrystone clam chowder was intensely flavored and well-seasoned.
Tissue-specific alanopine dehydrogenase from the gill and strombine dehydrogenase from the foot muscle of the cherrystone clam, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linn.
Whiting, Maine-based Bar Harbor Foods has introduced canned whole cherrystone clams.
 
 
 
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