PIDDOCK

Meaning of PIDDOCK in English

noun any species of pholas; a pholad. ·see pholas.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PIDDOCK — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1851 a bivalve mollusk (family Pholadidae, especially genera Pholas and Barnea ) that bores holes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PIDDOCK — ˈpidək noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown : a bivalve mollusk of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidae characterized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIDDOCK — (n.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas.
Английский словарь Webster
PIDDOCK — ( n. ) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIDDOCK — /pid"euhk/ , n. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Pholas or the family Pholadidae, having long, ovate shells and burrowing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIDDOCK — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1851 : a bivalve mollusk (family Pholadidae, especially genera Pholas and Barnea ) that bores …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIDDOCK — [ 'pɪdək ] ■ noun a bivalve mollusc which bores into soft rock or other firm surfaces. [ Pholas and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PIDDOCK — [pid.dock] n [origin unknown] (1851): a bivalve mollusk (genus Pholas or family Pholadidae) that bores holes in wood, clay, and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIDDOCK — any of the marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pholadidae (Adesmoidea). Worldwide in distribution, they are especially adapted for boring …
Britannica English vocabulary
PIDDOCK — piddock BrE AmE ˈpɪd ək ▷ piddock|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIDDOCK — n. any rock-boring bivalve mollusc of the family Pholadidae, used for bait. [18th c.: orig. unkn.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIDDOCK — n. any rock-boring bivalve mollusc of the family Pholadidae, used for bait. [ 18th c.: orig. unkn. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIDDOCK — n. any rock-boring bivalve mollusc of the family Pholadidae, used for bait. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.
Oxford English vocab
PIDDOCK — n. Pronunciation: ' pi-d ə k, -dik Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1851 : a bivalve mollusk (family Pholadidae, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PHOLAD — I. ˈfōˌlad noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek phōlad-, phōlas stone-boring mollusk : a mollusk of the family Pholadidae : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WING SHELL — noun 1. obsolete : elytron 2. a. : any of various marine bivalves of the family Pteriidae and especially the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHOLAS — ˈfōləs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phōlas stone-boring mollusk, literally, lying in a hole; akin to Greek phylē tribe, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BORER — ˈbōrə(r), ˈbȯr- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from boren to bore + -er, -ere -er, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANGEL'S WING — noun or angel wing : a boring mollusk of the family Pholadidae : piddock
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANGEL WINGS — ■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] a large white edible piddock (mollusc) found in the Caribbean and on the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CLAM — in general, any member of the invertebrate class Bivalviamollusks with a bivalved shell (i.e., one with two separate sections). More …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIVALVE
Britannica English vocabulary
PHOLAS — n. a piddock, esp. of the genus Pholas. [mod.L f. Gk pholas that lurks in a hole (pholeos)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PHOLAS — n. a piddock, esp. of the genus Pholas. [ mod.L f. Gk pholas that lurks in a hole (pholeos) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PHOLAS — n. a piddock, esp. of the genus Pholas. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk pholas that lurks in a hole (pholeos)
Oxford English vocab
SHELL
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOLLUSC
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Webster English vocab

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