Venus mercenaria

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Venus mercenaria - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American IndiansMercenaria mercenaria, hard clam, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clamclam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmnessgenus Venus, Venus - type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shellslittleneck, littleneck clam - a young quahogcherrystone, cherrystone clam - a half-grown quahoghard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes