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pholas
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
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]
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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