Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun venus_mercenaria

1 sense of venus mercenaria

Sense 1
quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria -- (an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians)
       => clam -- (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)