| 词汇 | quahaug |
| 词源 | quahaug. Venus mercenaria, the edible hardshell clam. Indi- ans introduced this name and the clams themselves to the first European settlers in New England. Quahaugs are usually divid- ed into chowders, as large as four inches at the widest point; cherrystones, half-grown quahaugs; and littlenecks, the most tender and smallest of quahaugs, at two inches or so. |
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