white-sick
now chiefly historical
adjective
(In oyster farming) designating female-phase larviparous oysters in an early phase of brooding, when the mantle chamber contains newly fertilized eggs, which have the appearance of a whitish mass.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Sprat (d. 1713), bishop of Rochester.
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