A thick-shelled clam found along the Atlantic coast of North America, also called a quahog.
From Narragansett (Algonquian language) 'poquauhock' or similar, referring to the hard-shell clam. The word entered English through early colonial contact with Native Americans.
The cohog is the same clam that fed the Pilgrims and Native Americans at the First Thanksgiving—a word that connects to one of America's most enduring origin stories.
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