pid·dock (p d  k)n. A marine bivalve mollusk of the family Pholadidae, having a long shell with which it bores into wood, rock, and clay, often causing destruction of wharf pilings. [Origin unknown.] |
piddock [ˈpɪdək]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine bivalve of the family Pholadidae, boring into rock, clay, or wood by means of sawlike shell valves See also shipworm
[origin uncertain]
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| Noun | 1. |  piddock - marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shellsbivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together genus Pholas, Pholas - type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks |
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