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Cherrystone
Definitions
- 1 Ellipsis of cherrystone clam, a hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) that has grown to a size within a certain range, being larger than a countneck, littleneck or topneck but smaller than a quahog. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"Miss Violette Shumberger names twelve dozen cherrystone clams as the second course, and Joe Duffle says two gallons of Philadelphia pepperpot soup as the third."
- 2 a half-grown quahog wordnet
- 3 Synonym of cherry pit.
- 4 small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino wordnet
Etymology
From cherry + stone. The name of the clam came from a fancied resemblance to a cherry's stone. The fancied resemblance is in shape, color, and sheen, not in size; the clams are several inches across.
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