quahog
Atlantic coast clam
A quahog is a hard-shell clam native to the Atlantic coast of North America, harvested commercially for food.
The word comes from Narragansett.
Quahogs are sorted by size—littlenecks and cherrystones are small quahogs, while larger ones are often chopped for chowder.
Also spelled quahaug.
Medium-sized hard clam
- littleneckYoung hard-shell clam
- countReckon a total
- market sizeTotal potential sales volume
Thick creamy seafood soup
- stuffiesSoft toy animals
- clambakeOutdoor seaside shellfish meal
- steamedHeated by vapor
- frittersFried batter with filling
casino · broth · seafood · harvest · raw bar · appetizer · baked · sautéed
Eastern Algonquian tribe
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
- shell beadsDrilled mollusk jewelry components
Sand-dwelling hinged shellfish
- oysterPearl-bearing edible mollusk
- musselEdible two-shelled mollusk
- scallopFan-shaped edible shellfish
- cockleSmall ribbed bivalve
softshell · geoduck · steamer · razor clam
Ocean bordering Europe
- coastalOf the shoreline
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- Chesapeake BayMid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
tidal · seabed · sediment · sand · littoral · intertidal · brackish · mudflat
cherrystone
Medium-sized hard clam
- littleneckYoung hard-shell clam
- countReckon a total
- market sizeTotal potential sales volume
chowder
Thick creamy seafood soup
fritters · casino · broth · seafood · harvest · raw bar · appetizer · baked · sautéed · linguine
Narragansett
Eastern Algonquian tribe
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
shell beads · currency · trade · ceremony · sachem · tradition · heritage
clam
Sand-dwelling hinged shellfish
- oysterPearl-bearing edible mollusk
- musselEdible two-shelled mollusk
- scallopFan-shaped edible shellfish
cockle · softshell · geoduck · steamer · razor clam
Atlantic
Ocean bordering Europe
- coastalOf the shoreline
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
- Chesapeake BayMid-Atlantic tidal estuary
estuary · tidal · seabed · sediment · sand · littoral · intertidal · brackish · mudflat · saltwater
bivalve
Two-shelled mollusk
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- filter-feederOrganism extracting food from water
- siphonLiquid transfer tube
burrower · shell · mantle · adductor · foot · gills · hinge · valve · sedentary · calcium carbonate
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- bivalvesclams, clam, mussels, scallops, mussel
- mollusksclams, mollusk, mollusks, snail, snails
- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
- New England coastlobster trap, lobster boat, lobster roll, Cape Cod, clambake
- shelled animalssnail, clam, oyster, mussel, scallop