HyperDic: genus_pinctada

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pinctada:
NOUNanimalgenus Pinctada, Pinctadapearl oysters
English > genus Pinctada: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningpearl oysters.
SynonymPinctada
Member ofPteriidae, family Pteriidaepearl oysters
Memberspearl oyster, Pinctada margaritiferaTropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America
Broadermollusk genusA genus of mollusks
Spanishgénero Pinctada, genus pinctada, pinctada, Pinctada
Catalangenus pinctada, pinctada

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