MERCENARIA

Meaning of MERCENARIA in English

(n.) The quahog.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

MERCENARIA — ˌmərs ə nˈa(a)rēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of mercenarius mercenary; from the use of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MERCENARIA — ( n. ) The quahog.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MERCENARIA — noun the quahog.
Webster English vocab
STONE CRAB — noun Date: 1709 a large brownish edible crab ( Menippe mercenaria of the family Xanthidae) found on the southern coast …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUAHOG — also quahaug noun Etymology: modification of Narragansett poquaûhock Date: 1753 a thick-shelled edible clam ( Mercenaria mercenaria ) of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUAHOG — Thick-shelled edible clam of the U.S. The northern quahog ( Mercenaria mercenaria ), also known as the cherrystone, littleneck, or …
Английский словарь Британика
CLAM — I In general, any bivalve mollusk . True clams, in the strict sense, have equal shells, closed by two opposing …
Английский словарь Британика
QUAHOG — I. noun also qua·haug or quo·hog or quo·haug ˈkwȯˌhȯg, ˈk(w)ōˌ-, -ˌhäg ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Narraganset poquaûhock, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STONE CRAB — noun 1. : a large edible crab ( Menippe mercenaria ) found on the southern coast of the United States …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUAHAUG — (n.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called …
Английский словарь Webster
CLAM — (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the …
Английский словарь Webster
QUAHAUG — ( n. ) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLAM — ( v. t. ) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOPNECK — /top"nek'/ , n. the quahog clam, Venus mercenaria, when larger than a cherrystone but still immature. [ of undetermined orig. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE CRAB — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAHOG — /kwaw"hawg, -hog, kwoh-, koh"-, kweuh hawg", -hog"/ , n. an edible clam, Venus ( Mercenaria ) mercenaria, inhabiting waters along …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LITTLENECK — /lit"l nek'/ , n. the quahog clam, Venus mercenaria, when young and small. [ 1850-55, Amer.; named after Little Neck …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHERRYSTONE — /cher"ee stohn'/ , n. 1. the one-seeded smooth stone of the cherry. 2. the quahog, Venus mercenaria, when larger than …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE CRAB — Date: 1709 : a large brownish edible crab ( Menippe mercenaria of the family Xanthidae) found on the southern coast …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUAHOG — also qua·haug ˈkō-ˌhȯg, ˈkwȯ-, ˈkwō-, -ˌhäg Etymology: modification of Narragansett poquaûhock Date: 1753 : a thick-shelled edible clam ( Mercenaria …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUAHOG — [qua.hog] also qua.haug n [Narraganset poquauhock] (1753): a thick-shelled edible clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) of the U.S.
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLAM — in general, any member of the invertebrate class Bivalviamollusks with a bivalved shell (i.e., one with two separate sections). More …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLAM — n. & v. --n. 1 any bivalve mollusc, esp. the edible N. American hard or round clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLAM — n. & v. n. 1 any bivalve mollusc, esp. the edible n. American hard or round clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLAM — n. & v. --n. 1. any bivalve mollusc, esp. the edible N. American hard or round clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) or …
Oxford English vocab
QUAHOG — n. Thick-shelled edible clam of the U.S. The northern quahog ( Mercenaria mercenaria ), also known as the cherrystone, littleneck, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LITTLENECK — зоол. молодь жёсткой ракушки (Venus mercenaria) (зоология) молодь жесткой ракушки (Venus mercenaria)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUAHOG — куахог Mercenaria mercenaria (лат); съедобный моллюск, распространен у побережья Северной Атлантики. Имеет твердую круглую раковину. тж quahaug
QUAHOG — куахог Mercenaria mercenaria (лат.); съедобный моллюск, распространен у побережья Серверной Атлантики. Имеет твердую круглую раковину.Тж. quahaug
РАКОВИНЫ — твердые покровы тела некоторых животных, например улиток, двустворок или усоногих рачков. Наибольший интерес, особенно с точки зрения практического использования и …
Русский словарь Colier
LITTLENECK — зоол. молодь жёсткой ракушки (Venus mercenaria) (зоология) молодь жесткой ракушки (Venus mercenaria)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Английский словарь Webster

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