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Type genus of the family Pholadidae piddocks
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pholas
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Pholas is a taxonomic genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pholadidae . Like other members of this family, they have an ability to bore through clay, earth, wood and soft rock.
Wiktionary
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n. Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus ''Pholas''.
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pholas \Pho"las\, n.; pl. Pholades . [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a kind of mollusk.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas , or family Pholadid[ae] . They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.