quahog

FREQ #29493

n. (=quahaug)圆蛤类(产于北美)

发音

UK /ˈkəʊ.hɒɡ/
US /ˈkwɔ.hɔɡ/

词形变化

quahogs 复数 quahogs quahogged quahogging quahogs 三单 quahogging 现在分词 quahogged 过去式 quahogged 过去分词

别名

quaghog quahaug quohog cohog

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

  2. 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. 3.

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

v.
  1. 1.

    To dig for quahogs.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

hard-shell clam quahaug round clam hard clam

上位词 1

clam

下位词 2

cherrystone littleneck

部分词 3

hard-shell clam quahaug round clam

整体词 4

hard clam hard-shell clam quahaug round clam

相关短语

ocean quahog mahogany quahog black quahog

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary