quahog

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/    美 /ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
  2. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.; The largest size of such an edible clam, generally considered only fit for use in chowders and other clam dishes.
  3. A similar edible clam, of species Arctica islandica, found along coasts around the North Atlantic, generally in deeper waters.
动词 v.
  1. To dig for quahogs. intransitive

词形变化

quahogs plural quahaug alternative quohog alternative cohog alternative quahogs present,singular,third-person quahogging participle,present quahogged participle,past quahogged past

词汇关系

衍生词
mahogany quahog quahogger

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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