quahog

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And the ocean quahog, a type of clam that can live more than 500 years, making it the longest living animal, is predicted to struggle.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

McManus said the hunt for an answer to the quahog decline is complex.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Most quahog clams found in U.S. waters are between 2.8 and 4.3 inches long, although they can grow larger.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2023

Plath records their prodigious feats of eating: quahog fritters, onion soup, stews, meat loaf, lobster dinners, all fastidiously itemized, as though for later reimbursement.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

He straightens and looks at me like I just coughed up a quahog.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt