- genus Pinctada
- nounpearl oysters• Syn: ↑Pinctada• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Pteriidae, ↑family Pteriidae• Member Meronyms: ↑pearl oyster, ↑Pinctada margaritifera
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genus Pinctada
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Pinctada — noun pearl oysters • Syn: ↑genus Pinctada • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pteriidae, ↑family Pteriidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pinctada margaritifera — noun tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls • Syn: ↑pearl oyster • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinctada, ↑genus Pinctada … Useful english dictionary
mollusk genus — noun a genus of mollusks • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Haliotis, ↑genus Haliotis, ↑Lambis, ↑genus Lambis, ↑Strombus, ↑genus Strombus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pearl oyster — Taxobox name = Pearl oyster image caption = Black lip oyster, Pinctada margaritifera regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Pterioida familia = Pteriidae genus = Pinctada genus authority = Roding, 1798 subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
P. imbricata — may refer to: Phacelia imbricata, a plant species native to much of California and Baja California Pinctada imbricata, a synonym for Pinctada fucata, the Akoya pearl oyster, a species in the genus Pinctada found in the Red Sea, Sri Lanka, Persian … Wikipedia
pearl oyster — noun tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls • Syn: ↑Pinctada margaritifera • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinctada, ↑genus Pinctada … Useful english dictionary
Pteriidae — noun pearl oysters • Syn: ↑family Pteriidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia … Useful english dictionary
family Pteriidae — noun pearl oysters • Syn: ↑Pteriidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pearloyster — pearl oyster n. Any of several bivalve marine mollusks of the genus Pinctada and related genera of tropical waters, especially P. margaritifera, a major commercial source of pearls. * * * … Universalium
akoya pearl — /əkɔɪə ˈpɜl/ (say uhkoyuh perl) noun a small round pearl produced by various oysters of the genus Pinctada and renowned for its lustre. {Japanese akoya saltwater} …
