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Marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
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piddock
Word definitions for piddock in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the bivalve molluscs of the genus ''Pholas'' or family ''(taxlink Pholadidae family noshow=1)'', which burrow into soft rocks.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Piddock \Pid"dock\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas .
Usage examples of piddock.
Well, he does discuss the piddock and he noted that the hands and mouths of those who ate the creature glowed afterwards, and I confess I was intrigued.
The creatures live in holes in the rocks, which is inconvenient of them, but I pay Caddwg well and he assiduously winkles them out as a proper piddock hunter should.
And smearing a girl with piddock juice brought them to us, but all you can do is bleat about being deceived.