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Webster 1913 Edition


Pholas


Pho′las

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pholades
(#)
.
[NL., fr. Gr.
φωλάς
,
φωλάδος
, a kind of mollusk.]
(Zool.)
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.

Definition 2024


Pholas

Pholas

See also: pholas

Translingual

Proper noun

Pholas f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pholadidae – including the common piddock.

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Hyponyms

pholas

pholas

See also: Pholas

English

Wikispecies

Noun

pholas (plural pholades)

  1. Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas.

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