“pearl、oyster”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

pearl-oyster

释义

ˈpearl-ˌoyster
A pearl-bearing bivalve mollusc of the family Aviculidæ; spec. Meleagrina margaritifera of the Indian seas.
1693Sir T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 169 The Pearl-Oysters are so very hard and tough,..that they always throw them away.1748Anson's Voy. ii. viii. 219 The pearl oyster..was incapable of being eaten.1863C. R. Markham in Intell. Observ. IV. 422 The pearl oyster..is not in reality an oyster at all, but is more allied to a mussel; having, like the latter animal, a byssus, or cable by which it secures itself to the rocks.

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