The round clam, Venus mercenaria.
1643. Roger Williams mentions the poquauhock. (N.E.D.)
1781. The oysters, clams, quauhogs, lobsters, crabs, and fish, are innumerable.—Samuel Peters, ‘History of Connecticut,’ p. 262 (Lond.).
1850. He was found clear gone in his chair, after a hearty dinner of eels and quahaugs.—Cornelius Mathews, ‘Moneypenny,’ p. 36 (N.Y.).
1881. They [star-fish] have even been known to essay successfully so seemingly impregnable a victim is the quahaug.—E. Ingersoll, ‘Stars of the Sea,’ Scribner’s Mag., xxii. 656/1 (Sept.). (N.E.D.)
