pholas

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pholas has 1 sense

pholas(n = noun.animal) genus pholas - type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks; Array

is a kind of mollusk genus

is a member of family pholadidae, pholadidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pholas, n. [NL., fr. Gr. , , a kind of mollusk.].

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidæ. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pholas, n. a piddock, esp. of the genus Pholas.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk pholas that lurks in a hole (pholeos)

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