NOUN
- tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls
How To Use pearl oyster In A Sentence
- The pearl oyster has a wonderful muscle in it, similar to a scallop. Times, Sunday Times
- The pearl oyster has a wonderful muscle in it, similar to a scallop. Times, Sunday Times
- The pearl oyster has a wonderful muscle in it, similar to a scallop. Times, Sunday Times
- Polo had described as abounding in Cipango; when he walked by the shore and saw the shells of pearl oysters, he believed the island to be loaded with pearls and precious stones; when he saw a scrap of tinsel or bright metal adorning a native, he argued that there was a gold mine close at hand. Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete
- The pearl oyster has a wonderful muscle in it, similar to a scallop. Times, Sunday Times
- Columbus thought that he smelled Oriental spices, which Marco Polo had described as abounding in Cipango; when he walked by the shore and saw the shells of pearl oysters, he believed the island to be loaded with pearls and precious stones; when he saw a scrap of tinsel or bright metal adorning a native, he argued that there was a gold mine close at hand. Christopher Columbus
- He has conducted research with all the commercial species of pearl oysters including the akoya, the black-lip, the silver-lip, and the 'mabe' pearl oysters distributed in the Western Pacific, and also with the rainbow-lip, and the Panamanian pearl oysters from the Eastern Pacific. Newswise: Latest News
- The pearl oyster has a wonderful muscle in it, similar to a scallop. Times, Sunday Times
- James Ransom for The Wall Street Journal POMPANO AND CIRCUMSTANCE: At Pearl Oyster Bar in New York, pompano is grilled whole and served with vegetables. The New School