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).
First recorded in 1685-95
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.
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