English Explanatory Dictionary

pooquaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Hard-shelled clam.

Word forms

pooquaw pooquaws

Etymology

Shortening of the earlier spelling pequaock, from Narragansett poquauhock.

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