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GENUS PHOLAS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks

Synonyms:

genus Pholas; Pholas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Pholas" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pholas"):

piddock (marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells)

Holonyms ("genus Pholas" is a member of...):

family Pholadidae; Pholadidae (a family of Bivalvia)

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