A bank providing a bed for shellfish, esp. oysters and mussels; an oyster or mussel bed or colony. (Often mussel-scalp, oyster-scalp.)
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > oyster bed (12) scalp?15.. A bank providing a bed for shellfish, esp. oysters and mussels; an oyster or mussel bed or colony. (Often mussel-scalp, oyster-scalp.) oyster bed1591 (a) a layer of oysters covering either an area of the seabed or an artificial construction built for the purpose of breeding them; a part of the… oyster bank1612 a bank or promontory, often intertidal, formed of accumulations of oysters and their shells (cf. bank, n.1 4). layer1667 Other specific and technical senses. An oyster bed (see quots.). oyster-lay1703 = oyster bed n. (a). oyster-laying1761 = oyster bed n. (a). oyster bar1823 (a) U.S. = oyster bank n.; (b) a bar at which oysters are served as food. laying1837 concrete. An oyster bed. oyster park1862 an oyster bed; an oyster farm. oysterage1866 An oyster bed. Also: a company concerned with the production and sale of oysters. oyster field1868 = oyster bed n. (a). lay1902 A place of lying or lodging; lair, couch (of animals); an oyster- or mussel-bed; = laying, n. 2c, layer, n. 4b. |
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