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has gloss | (noun) an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians round clam, quahaug, quahog, Venus mercenaria, hard-shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, hard clam |
has gloss | eng: The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), also known as a quahog (or quahaug), round clam, or hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk which is native to the eastern shores of North America, from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatán Peninsula. It is one of many unrelated edible bivalves which in the USA are frequently referred to simply as clams, as in clam digging. |
lexicalization | eng: hard clam |
lexicalization | eng: hard-shell clam |
lexicalization | eng: Mercenaria mercenaria |
lexicalization | eng: quahaug |
lexicalization | eng: quahog |
lexicalization | eng: round clam |
lexicalization | eng: Venus mercenaria |
subclass of | (noun) burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness clam |
has subclass | (noun) a young quahog littleneck clam, littleneck |
has subclass | (noun) a half-grown quahog cherrystone, cherrystone clam |
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Czech | |
lexicalization | ces: druh jedlého mlže |
German | |
lexicalization | deu: Venusmuschel |
Italian | |
has gloss | ita: Il Quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria, Linnaeus 1758) è un mollusco che si trova principalmente sulle coste dell'est nordamericane; infatti sono situati a partire da Prince Edward Island (Isola del Principe Edoardo) fino alla penisola dello Yucatán. |
lexicalization | ita: Mercenaria mercenaria |
Japanese | |
has gloss | jpn: ホンビノスガイ(学名 )は、二枚貝綱マルスダレガイ科1種。 |
lexicalization | jpn: ホンビノスガイ |
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media:img | BoredEncrustedShell.JPG |
media:img | LittleNeck clams USDA96c1862.jpg |
media:img | Mercenaria mercenaria.jpg |
media:img | Mercenaria mercenaria2.jpg |
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