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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
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 .
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.
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.