Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of asiphonate bivalves of the family Aviculidæ or Pteriidæ, the wing-shells, having the wings reduced and no cardinal teeth; the true pearl-oysters.
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Examples
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"But," I continued, "the particular mollusc which secretes the pearl is the pearl-oyster, the meleagrina margaritiferct, that precious pintadine.
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866
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