Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pholas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pholas
n : type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks [syn: {Pholas},
{genus Pholas}]
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