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Quahog

2 stages from Narragansett to English.

Today it means an edible clam with a thick, hard shell, found along the Atlantic coast
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Stage 1 of 2
poquauhock
Narragansett · pre-1600s
"a hard-shelled clam"
the name for the hard-shelled clam
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Stage 2 of 2
quahog
English · 1600s
"an edible hard-shelled clam"
adopted by English colonists in New England
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