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VENUS MERCENARIA

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Meaning:

An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

Synonyms:

hard-shell clam; hard clam; Mercenaria mercenaria; quahaug; quahog; round clam; Venus mercenaria

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Venus mercenaria" is a kind of...):

clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)

Meronyms (parts of "Venus mercenaria"):

hard-shell clam; quahaug; quahog; round clam (Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Venus mercenaria"):

littleneck; littleneck clam (a young quahog)

cherrystone; cherrystone clam (a half-grown quahog)

Holonyms ("Venus mercenaria" is a member of...):

genus Venus; Venus (type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells)

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