Term: quahog: an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Candidate hypernym: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness → 1
Candidate hypernym: trypsinogen: inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine → 0
Candidate hypernym: free state: any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War → 0
Candidate hypernym: whitening: changing to a lighter color → 0
Candidate hypernym: gilding metal: a brass that is rich in copper; used to make articles that were to be gilded → 0
Candidate hypernym: synthesis: the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bar: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried → 0
Candidate hypernym: man of means: a man who is wealthy → 0
Candidate hypernym: great yellow gentian: robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethnic slur: a slur on someone's race or language → 0
Candidate hypernym: base: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment → 0