Definitions for pearl-oyster

pearl-oyster pearl oyster

Pearl-Oyster is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 1227 anagrams from letters in pearl-oyster (-aeeloprrsty).

Definitions for pearl-oyster

noun

  1. any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.

Origin of pearl-oyster

First recorded in 1685-95

Examples for pearl-oyster

It was very neatly made up of black or brown and white cloth, black and white feathers, and pearl oyster Shells.

The Meleagrina margaritifera, or pearl oyster of the Indian seas, yields the most numerous and finest specimens.

The greatest depth at which the pearl oyster can be secured by the divers is thirteen fathoms.

Some of the poorest of the natives eat the pearl oyster, but it is neither palatable nor wholesome.

The centre of the collar is further ornamented with the shells of the pearl oyster.

The dugong is found in large numbers in Hervey's Bay, from which the famed oil is manufactured, also the pearl oyster.

Fig. 165 represents the pearl oyster with calcareous concretions in various states of progress.

The most beautiful and costly pearls are obtained exclusively from the pearl oyster (Meleagrina margaritifera) of the Indian Seas.

He spent two months in studying the pearl oyster of the Persian gulf; but there, as in his laboratory, all his efforts were vain.

Word Value for pearl-oyster
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7

Words with friends

9

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