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pholad

pholad noun: any species of the genus Pholas of marine bivalve mollusks.

Noun

pholad (plural pholads)

  1. Any species of the genus Pholas of marine bivalve mollusks.

Forms of pholad

pluralpholads

Origin of pholad

From Ancient Greek φωλάς (phōlás, “lurking in a hole”).

Words formed from pholad

Questions about pholad

What does pholad mean?
Pholad means any species of the genus Pholas of marine bivalve mollusks.
What part of speech is pholad?
Pholad is a noun.
What is the plural of pholad?
The plural of pholad is pholads.

Words near pholad in the dictionary

  1. Phokian
  2. Phokians
  3. Phokis
  4. phokomelia
  5. phokomelic
  6. pholad
  7. pholades
  8. pholadid
  9. pholadids
  10. pholadite
  11. pholadites

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