单词 | seed oyster |
释义 | > as lemmasseed oyster seed oyster n. a juvenile oyster, or a mature one ready to spawn, esp. as used to stock a commercial bed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > spawn spat1667 spats1667 seed1722 seed oyster1839 1839 Analyt. Index Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations 203 (table) in Parl. Papers (H.C. 402) XVIII. 203 Purchase of seed oysters and attendant expenses. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 109/2 Under proper restriction..mature oysters, and seed oysters as well, may be taken from any region. 1915 Jrnl. Educ. 7 Jan. 17/2 At the spawning time she is known as a seed oyster, and she is raised from her bed and carried away to populate other beds, either new ones or those that have been depopulated. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 4 Dec. a22/2 Her team has already covered the bottom with two million seed clams, 500,000 seed oysters and 150,000 adult clams. < as lemmas |
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