piddock
(noun) marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
Source: WordNet® 3.1
piddock (plural piddocks)
Any of the bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidae, which burrow into soft rocks.
• angelwing, angel's wing
Piddock
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Pid"dock, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
