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PHOLAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pholas mean?
• PHOLAS (noun)
The noun PHOLAS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks
Familiarity information: PHOLAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pholas; Pholas
Hypernyms ("Pholas" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Pholas"):
piddock (marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells)
Holonyms ("Pholas" is a member of...):
family Pholadidae; Pholadidae (a family of Bivalvia)
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