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Mercenaria Mercenaria Mer`ce*na"ri*a, n. [NL. See Mercenary.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The quahog.
Mercenarian Mercenarian Mer`ce*na"ri*an (-an), n.
A mercenary. [Obs.]
Mercenaries Mercenary Mer"ce*na*ry, n.; pl. Mercenaries.
One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired
into foreign service. --Milman.
Mercenarily Mercenarily Mer"ce*na`ri*ly, adv.
In a mercenary manner.
Mercenariness Mercenariness Mer"ce*na*ri*ness, n.
The quality or state of being mercenary; venality. --Boyle.
Venus mercenaria Quahog Qua"hog, Quahaug Qua"haug, n. [Abbrev. fr.
Narragansett Indian poqua[^u]hock.] (Zo["o]l.)
An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in
large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also
round clam, and hard clam.
Note: The name is also applied to other allied species, as
Venus Mortoni of the Gulf of Mexico.
Venus mercenaria Clam Clam, n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially
those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria),
the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea
clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other
species of the United States. The name is said to have
been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East
Indian bivalve.
You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or
cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes,
or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John
Smith (1616).
Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a
coclke; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634).
2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Blood clam. See under Blood.
