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quahog

/ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
qua-hog
IPA
/ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.

noun

An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.

noun

A similar edible clam, of species Arctica islandica, found along coasts around the North Atlantic, generally in deeper waters.

verb

To dig for quahogs.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Most often thought to be from Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), or perhaps from pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”). Alternatively from Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”) or another Algonquian language.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/
  • British English: /ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

quahogs (plural) quahaug (alternative) quohog (alternative) cohog (alternative) quahogs (present, singular) quahogging (participle, present) quahogged (participle, past) quahogged (past)

Derived Forms

quahogger

Phrases

mahogany quahog

Frequently Paired Words

countneck peanut littleneck topneck cherrystone

Synonyms

hard clam round clam Mercenaria mercenaria chowder clam ocean quahog black quahog mahogany clam Icelandic cyprine

Questions

How do you pronounce quahog?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/.
What does quahog mean?
An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
Where does quahog come from?
Most often thought to be from Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), or perhaps from pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”). Alternatively from Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”) or another Algonquian language.

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