Phō'la-dīte, n.
(49), n. [Fr. pholadite, fr. Gr. φωλάς, φωλάδος, lurking in a hole, a sea-animal of the molluscous kind, that makes holes in stones; Fr. pholade.] (Paleon.) A petrified bivalve shell of the genus Pholas.
(49), n. [Fr. pholadite, fr. Gr. φωλάς, φωλάδος, lurking in a hole, a sea-animal of the molluscous kind, that makes holes in stones; Fr. pholade.] (Paleon.) A petrified bivalve shell of the genus Pholas.