Pholas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pholas \Pho"las\, n.; pl. {Pholades}. [NL., fr. Gr. fwla`s,
     fwla`dos, a kind of mollusk.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the
     genus {Pholas}, or family {Pholadid[ae]}. They bore holes for
     themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pholas
       n : type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks [syn: {genus
           Pholas}]