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

2 senses of littleneck clam

Sense 1
littleneck, littleneck clam -- (a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York)
       => quahaug, quahog, hard-shell clam, round clam -- (Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes)

Sense 2
littleneck, littleneck clam -- (a young quahog)
       => 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)