quahog
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And the ocean quahog, a type of clam that can live more than 500 years, making it the longest living animal, is predicted to struggle.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
The clam itself is a staple of clam chowders and in 1987, the Rhode Island Legislature designated the quahog the official “Rhode Island State Shell.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
He determined that Abra-clam was part of the mercenaria campechiensis species, also known as the southern quahog.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2023
And then pearl like this thing that the cousin to the quahog has in oysters and, you know, suddenly then they’re back to plain rock.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2020
He straightens and looks at me like I just coughed up a quahog.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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