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Definition of Pinctada
1. Noun. Pearl oysters.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Pteriidae, Pteriidae
Member holonyms: Pearl Oyster, Pinctada Margaritifera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinctada
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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