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piddock

Noun

pid=dock

WORDNET DICTIONARY

piddock(n = noun.animal) - marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells;

is a member of genus pholas, pholas

piddock, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].

Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas. [1913 Webster]

piddock, n. any rock-boring bivalve mollusc of the family Pholadidae, used for bait.

Etymology

18th c.: orig. unkn.

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