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What is a piddock?

What is a piddock? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of the bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidae, which burrow into soft rocks.
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The piddock, or angel's wing, bivalves, for example, attach themselves to a rock with a sucker-like foot.
This member of the Piddock family lives intertidally in mud and peat banks.
Urchin pits and piddock and date mussel holes are valuable habitat for other animals.
The White piddock has mostly been described as smaller than the American one, but at the Belgian coast, opposite results have been found.
You will often see stones and rocks riddled by the piddock as if they were as soft as cheese.
Speaking last week before the travellers left, Dinas Powys Cricket Club captain Nathan Piddock said the team were unable to complete a home fixture because of the disruption.

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