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Noun: Venus mercenaria
  1. An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
    - quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Mercenaria mercenaria

Type of: clam

Part of: genus Venus, Venus

Encyclopedia: Venus mercenaria

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