pholas

suomi-englanti sanakirja

pholas englanniksi

Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus (taxfmt).
(RQ:Goldsmith History of the Earth) at Puteoli vvere penetrated by theſe animals. (..) The pholas muſt have pierced into them ſince they vvere erected; for no vvorkmen vvould have laboured a pillar into form, if it had been honey-combed by vvorms in the quarry.