Meaning of pholas | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of several borrowing marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas.

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Examples

“[M]any of the pillars of the temple of Serapis at Puteoli vvere penetrated by theſe animals. […] [T]he 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.”

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