HyperDic: genus_pholas

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pholas:
NOUNanimalgenus Pholas, Pholastype genus of the family Pholadidae
English > genus Pholas: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks.
SynonymPholas
Member ofPholadidae, family PholadidaeA family of Bivalvia
Memberspiddockmarine bivalve that bores into rock / rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
Broadermollusk genusA genus of mollusks
Spanishgénero Pholas, genus pholas, pholas, Pholas
Catalangenus pholas, pholas

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