- genus Pholas
- nountype genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks• Syn: ↑Pholas• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Pholadidae, ↑family Pholadidae• Member Meronyms: ↑piddock
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genus Pholas
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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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pholas — n. a piddock, esp. of the genus Pholas. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk pholas that lurks in a hole (pholeos) … Useful english dictionary
pholas — noun Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas … Wiktionary
mollusk genus — noun a genus of mollusks • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Haliotis, ↑genus Haliotis, ↑Lambis, ↑genus Lambis, ↑Strombus, ↑genus Strombus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pholades — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pholadidae — Taxobox name = Pholadidae image caption = Cyrtopleura costata regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia subclassis = Heterodonta ordo = Myoida subordo = Pholadina familia = Pholadidae familia authority = Lamarck, 1809 subdivision… … Wikipedia
piddock — /pid euhk/, n. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Pholas or the family Pholadidae, having long, ovate shells and burrowing in soft rock, wood, etc. [1850 55; perh. akin to OE puduc wart] * * * ▪ mollusk any of the marine bivalve mollusks of… … Universalium
Date — Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Date fish — Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Date palm — Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
