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Piddock

Piddock Meaning & Definition
Piddock Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Piddock?

[n] marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells

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See Also | bivalve | genus Pholas | lamellibranch | pelecypod | Pholas

Piddock In Webster's Dictionary

\Pid"dock\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See {Pholas}.

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