Cherrystone clam and Venus mercenaria

Cherrystone clam noun - A half-grown quahog.

Venus mercenaria and cherrystone clam are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Venus mercenaria" instead a noun phrase "Cherrystone clam".

Venus mercenaria noun - An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians.

Cherrystone clam and Venus mercenaria are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Cherrystone clam" with "Venus mercenaria", this phrases are similar.