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pholas /ˈfəʊləs /nounThe common piddock (mollusc).- Pholas dactylus, family Pholadidae.
If the reader will examine the outside of a Pholas shell, he will find it studded, in regular rows, with little projections....- The bodies of other marine animals shine after death, none perhaps so vividly as that of the Pholas, a mollusk well known to those who reside on the coast.
Origin Mid 17th century: modern Latin (later adopted as a genus name), from Greek phōlas 'that lurks in a hole', from phōleos 'hole'. |