hard clam

Questions about hard clam

What does hard clam mean?

hard clam means "an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians".

What is another word for hard clam?

Close synonyms include quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hard clam a common word?

hard clam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.