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
Most quahog clams found in U.S. waters are between 2.8 and 4.3 inches long, although they can grow larger.
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
Tom Hazard, the protagonist of Haig’s new novel, is old — old “in the way that a tree, or a quahog clam, or a Renaissance painting is old,” he tells us.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 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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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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