quahog

Quahog is a rich world full of despicable, immoral, and implausibly selfish characters.

The former (Venus mercenaria) was called by the Indians "quahog," and is still so called in the Eastern states.

Quahog, kwa-hog′, n. the common round clam of the North American Atlantic coast.

D'you know what answer the little boy got that asked the quahog the time o' day?

It is to this family that the quahog or hard clam of our markets belongs.

The quahog is a thick-shelled, roundish mollusk with a distinctly heart-shaped outline when looked at endwise.