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PIDDOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("piddock" is a kind of...):
bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)
Holonyms ("piddock" is a member of...):
genus Pholas; Pholas (type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks)
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