| 单词 | rock oyster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock oyster rock oyster n. any of various edible oysters found attached to rocks; esp. Pacific oysters of the genera Saccostrea and Crassostrea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > that grows in particular place or way rock oyster1634 tree-oyster1768 bunch-oyster1881 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 24 The Ile affords Buffols, Goats.., Pease, berries, good Rock Oysters. 1683 J. Pettus Ess. Metallick Words at Conglutinate, in Fleta Minor ii Upon little Rocks..there were Oysters sticking fast to them..so as we were forc't to beat them off with a Chizel and Hammer, and these they call'd Rock Oysters, the Shells being almost as firm as the Rock it self. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 51 The oysters..found sticking to rocks at the bottom of the sea, usually called rock-oysters. 1887 Auckland Weekly News 26 Feb. 20 The Northern rock oyster was found only north of the East Cape. 1949 C. Benham Diver's Luck 207 On the rocks were oysters nearly as good as the famous rock oysters of Sydney. 2005 GQ Sept. 81/4 (heading) Tempura of rock oysters with chorizo, fennel and apple. < as lemmas |
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