piddock

pid·dock

P0291900 (pĭd′ək)n. Any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pholadidae, having a long rasping shell used to bore into wood, rock, and clay, and often damaging jetties and wharves.

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piddock

(ˈpɪdək) n (Animals) any marine bivalve of the family Pholadidae, boring into rock, clay, or wood by means of sawlike shell valves. See also shipworm[C19: origin uncertain]

pid•dock

(ˈpɪd ək)

n. any bivalve mollusk of the family Pholadidae, able to burrow in soft rock, wood, etc. [1850–55; of obscure orig.]

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piddock - marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shellsbivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged togethergenus Pholas, Pholas - type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks

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