Pholas

[fәjlәs]

Definition

(noun.) type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks.

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Definition

(n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.

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Definition

n. a genus of stone-bearing bivalves a piddock:—pl. Phō′lades.—n. Phō′ladite a fossil pholad.

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