Definition of Pinctada

1. Noun. Pearl oysters.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pinctada
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Pteriidae, Pteriidae
Member holonyms: Pearl Oyster, Pinctada Margaritifera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinctada

Pimenta officinalis
Pimentón de La Vera
Pimlico
Pimpinella
Pimpinella anisum
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Pinaceae
Pinard
Pinard's manoeuvre
Pinatubo
Pinay
Pinays
Pinchas Zukerman
Pinckneya
Pinckneya pubens
Pinctada
Pinctada margaritifera
Pincus
Pindar
Pindaric
Pindaric flight
Pindaric flights
Pindaric ode
Pindarical
Pindarick
Pindarics
Pindarism
Pindarisms
Pindarist
Pindarists

Literary usage of Pinctada

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"The distribution of all known pinctada locations effectively accounts for ... No reports of pinctada on the west coast of Africa or around the islands of ..."

2. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"Genera— Pteria and pinctada: The Family Pteriidae is composed of nine or ten genera.6 By far the most important of these, as sources of pearls, ..."

3. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"Shimizu • Reports of pinctada capensis A Reports of pinctada martensi m Reports ... an important source of mother-of-pearl in Australian waters.96 pinctada ..."

4. Tahiti and French Polynesia by Claude Herve-Bazin (2000)
"The most highly prized, the Tuamotu black pearl, is produced by the giant black-lipped pinctada margaritifera cumingi, four times bigger than the Japanese ..."

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