mercenaria mercenaria

Noun mercenaria mercenaria has 1 sense

• mercenaria mercenaria(n = noun.animal) hard clam, hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria - an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians;
is a kind of clam
is a member of genus venus, venus
has particulars: littleneck, littleneck clam, cherrystone, cherrystone clam
has parts: hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam