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pholades

pholades is the plural of pholas.

Meaning of pholas

Noun

pholas (plural pholades)

  1. Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas.
    • [M]any of the pillars of the temple of Serapis at Puteoli vvere penetrated by theſe animals. […] [T]he pholas muſt have pierced into them ſince they vvere erected; for no vvorkmen vvould have laboured a pillar into form, if it had been honey-combed by vvorms in the quarry.1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of Multival[v]e Shell-fish”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse...

Questions about pholades

What is pholades the plural of?
Pholades is the plural of pholas.

Words near pholades in the dictionary

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

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