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cohog

cohog is the alternative form of quahog.

Meaning of quahog

Noun

quahog (plural quahogs)

  1. An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria.
    Synonyms:
    hard clam, round clam, Mercenaria mercenaria
    1. The largest size of such an edible clam, generally considered only fit for use in chowders and other clam dishes.
  2. A similar edible clam, of species Arctica islandica, found along coasts around the North Atlantic, generally in deeper waters.

See all 4 meanings of quahog

Noun

cohog (plural cohogs)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang, Dartmouth College) A co-ed.

Forms of cohog

pluralcohogs

Origin of cohog

Blend of co-ed + quahog; the quahog is indigenous to the area.

Questions about cohog

What does cohog mean?
Cohog means a co-ed.
What is cohog the alternative form of?
Cohog is the alternative form of quahog.
What part of speech is cohog?
Cohog is a noun.
What is the plural of cohog?
The plural of cohog is cohogs.

Words near cohog in the dictionary

  1. cohobator
  2. cohobators
  3. Cohoctah
  4. cohoe
  5. cohoes
  6. cohog
  7. cohogs
  8. coholder
  9. coholders
  10. cohomogeneity
  11. cohomological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cohog (page history and authors); quahog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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