Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like an oyster.
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Silva, in a little bungalow of bamboo and matting, paved with tamped earth and old white ostreoid shells, a kind of Mya, relished by the natives but not eaten by Europeans.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Silva, in a little bungalow of bamboo and matting, paved with tamped earth and old white ostreoid shells, a kind of
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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