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quahog

[kwaw-hawg, -hog, kwoh-, koh-, kwuh-hawg, -hog] / ˈkwɔ hɔg, -hɒg, kwoʊ-, ˈkoʊ-, kwəˈhɔg, -ˈhɒg /
NOUN
clam
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He chortles as Thoreau gets sick over a quahog.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

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

He determined that Abra-clam was part of the mercenaria campechiensis species, also known as the southern quahog.

From Washington Post Mar. 11, 2023

Plath records their prodigious feats of eating: quahog fritters, onion soup, stews, meat loaf, lobster dinners, all fastidiously itemized, as though for later reimbursement.

From The New Yorker Oct. 29, 2018

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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