quahog

quahog

noun

an edible American clam;the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians: Synonym: quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria

Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells;large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes: Synonym: quahaug hard-shell clam round clam

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1

A quahog when young and small ; usually eaten raw .

幼小的圆蛤；通常生吃。
2

Complete elliptic integral of the first kind a half-grown quahog .

第一类完全椭圆积分一种未完全发育的圆蛤。
3

A quahog 's shell grows by a layer every year , in the summer when the water is warmer and food is plentiful .

在每年的夏季，如果水温适宜、食物充足，蛤蛎的壳就会长出一层线圈。
4

Now , after examining the ocean quahog more closely , using more refined methods , the researchers have found the animal was actually 100 years older than they first thought .

现在经过更精密仪器的更细致研究，科学家们发现这只海洋圆蛤实际上比他们预先设想的还要老100岁。
5

The ocean quahog - a type of deep-sea clam - was dredged alive from the bottom of the North Atlantic near Iceland in 2006 by researchers .

2006年，研究者们从冰岛附近的北大西洋海底将这只海蛤一种生活在深海中的蛤蜊活生生的捕捞上岸。