tridacne

It was an oyster of extraordinary dimensions, a gigantic tridacne, a goblet which could have contained a whole lake of holy-water, a basin the breadth of which was more than two yards and a half, and consequently larger than that ornamenting the saloon of the Nautilus.

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Captain Nemo was evidently acquainted with the existence of this bivalve, and seemed to have a particular motive in verifying the actual state of this tridacne.

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In leaving this pearl hidden in the mantle of the tridacne he was allowing it to grow slowly.

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Captain Nemo was evidently acquainted with the existence of this bivalve, and seemed to have a particular motive in verifying the actual state of this tridacne.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866

It was an oyster of extraordinary dimensions, a gigantic tridacne, a goblet which could have contained a whole lake of holy-water, a basin the breadth of which was more than two yards and a half, and consequently larger than that ornamenting the saloon of the Nautilus.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866

In leaving this pearl hidden in the mantle of the tridacne he was allowing it to grow slowly.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866

I estimated the weight of this tridacne at 600 lb. Such an oyster would contain 30 lb. of meat; and one must have the stomach of a Gargantua to demolish some dozens of them.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866