mercenaria | (n) a genus of Veneridae, Syn. genus Mercenaria |
quahog | (n) an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians, Syn. quahaug, Mercenaria mercenaria, hard clam, Venus mercenaria, round clam, hard-shell clam |
stone crab | (n) large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida), Syn. Menippe mercenaria |
Mercenaria | ‖n. [ NL. See Mercenary. ] (Zool.) The quahog. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mercenarian | n. A mercenary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
美之主貝 | [びのすがい;ビノスガイ, binosugai ; binosugai] (n) (uk) Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam) [Add to Longdo] |
本美之主貝 | [ほんびのすがい;ホンビノスガイ, honbinosugai ; honbinosugai] (n) (uk) quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria); quahaug; hard clam; hard-shell clam; round clam; littleneck; topneck; cherrystone; chowder clam [Add to Longdo] |