cherrystone clam

Noun cherrystone clam has 2 senses

• cherrystone clam(n = noun.food) cherrystone - small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino;
is a kind of hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam

• cherrystone clam(n = noun.animal) cherrystone - a half-grown quahog;
is a kind of hard-shell clam, hard clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria