'Pholas' definitions:
Definition of 'Pholas'
From: WordNet
noun
Type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks [syn: Pholas, genus Pholas]
Definition of 'Pholas'
From: 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]