pholad Zool.
(ˈfəʊləd)
[Anglicized form of pholas.]
A mollusc of the Pholas family, Pholadidæ. So phoˈladean, ˈpholadid, one of the Pholadidæ; † ˈpholadite, a fossil pholad or the like; ˈpholadoid a., resembling the genus Pholas.
| 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. viii. 245 The *Pholads or stone-borers. |
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sci. etc., *Pholadeans,..the family of Lamellibranchiate Bivalves of which the genus Pholas is the type. |
| 1828–32 Webster, *Pholadite, a petrified shell of the genus Pholas. Jameson. |