| 单词 | oyster bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoyster bank oyster bank n. a bank or promontory, often intertidal, formed of accumulations of oysters and their shells (cf. bank n.1 4). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > oyster bed scalp?15.. oyster bed1591 oyster bank1612 layer1667 oyster-lay1703 oyster-laying1761 oyster bar1823 laying1837 oyster park1862 oysterage1866 oyster field1868 lay1902 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia xi. 102 in J. Smith Map of Virginia Hee..forced them to the oyster bankes. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 287 The branch which disembogues itself at Hobé is shallow, and full of oyster banks. 1831 Encycl. Brit. IV. 284 The oyster banks produce the finest pearls in the world. 2000 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 29 Apr. 24 Most ships wrecked on the nearby oyster bank (now northern breakwater) were built of iron. < as lemmas |
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