venus mercenaria

1. 1.

   an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

   Synonymsquahogquahaughard-shell clamhard clamround clamMercenaria mercenaria

   Broaderclam

   Narrowerlittleneckcherrystone

   Part ofVenus

   Partsquahaug

Questions about venus mercenaria

What does venus mercenaria mean?

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

What is another word for venus mercenaria?

Close synonyms include quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam. 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 venus mercenaria a common word?

venus mercenaria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.