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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of the family Pholadidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any species of Pholas.

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  • noun zoology Any species of the genus Pholas of marine bivalve mollusks.

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