venus mercenaria

Noun venus mercenaria has 1 sense

• venus mercenaria(n = noun.animal) hard clam, hard-shell clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam - 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