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单词 freshwater pearl
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freshwater pearl
freshwater pearl n. a pearl from any of various freshwater mussels of the family Unionidae, typically having an irregular shape; cf. river pearl n.
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1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vi. xi. 1249 Some bad fresh-water pearles I found there: which were nothing round, Orient, nor very great. I brought of them with me to the Spaniards; and they said they were no Pearles, but Topasses.
1829 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. VII. cxxv. 458 Many fresh water pearls are collected in the Moldau the Elster and other rivers.
2013 P. Knipple & A. Knipple Farm Fresh Tennessee 42 The farm manager will also demonstrate shucking a mussel to reveal the freshwater pearl inside.
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