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Definition: Pearl Oyster |
Pearl OysterNoun1. Tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North and Central America; a major source of pearls. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Pearl OysterSynonym: Pinctada margaritifera (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pearl Oyster |
| English words defined with "pearl oyster": Avicula ♦ Fierasfer ♦ Hammer shell. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pearl oyster": Mother of Pearl ♦ natural pearl ♦ real pearl. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Miss Pearl Oyster dressed up for Anthony's Oyster Olympics. The Oyster Olympics helps celebrate clean Pacific waters.Credit: Fisheries. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pearl oyster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | butak perle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бисерна мида (pearl shell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | perlorodka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Perlmuschel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyöngykagyló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ostrica perlifera. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 蝶貝 , 阿古屋貝 , 真 貝 (mother of pearl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"じゅがい (mother of pearl), し"じゅかい (mother of pearl), あ"やがい, ちょうがい (tax collection, taxation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earlpay oysteray pescador de pérolas (pearl fisher, pearler, skin diver). (various references) scoicã de mãrgãritar. (various references) жемчужница. (various references) biserna školjka. (various references) madreperla (mother of pearl, mother-of-pearl, Pearl). (various references) pärlmussla. (various references) inci istiridyesi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-o-p-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: palterers, parleyers, perorates, plasterer, polyester, proselyte, replaster, roseately. | |
-3 letters: alterers, easterly, oleaster, operates, oysterer, palterer, parleyer, parolees, partyers, pearlers, perorate, petrales, petrosal, peytrals, peytrels, plastery, pleaters, polestar, portrays, praetors, prelates, prorates, prostyle, protease, protyles, psaltery, pterylae, pyrroles, realters, realtors, relapser, relaters, relators, replates, restoral, serotype, taperers. | |
-4 letters: alerter, alterer, apostle, areoles, elaters, elopers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-o-p-r-r-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: tetrapyrroles. | |
+3 letters: counterplayers. | |
+4 letters: interpersonally. | |
+5 letters: electromyographs, pyrometallurgies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 61 72 6C 4F 79 73 74 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01100001 01110010 01101100 00100000 01001111 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e a r l   O y s t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0061 0072 006C 004F 0079 0073 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50716784782499185867184 |
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