Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing pearls, as a pearl-mussel or pearl-oyster; mar-garitiferous.
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Examples
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Moreover, like the bison and the wild pigeon, the pearl-bearing molluscs may be greatly diminished in numbers or even exterminated by the greed of man and his fearfully destructive methods of harvesting nature's productions.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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The same life-giving attributes were also acquired by the other pearl-bearing shells; and at some subsequent period, when it was discovered that some of these shells could be used as trumpets, the sound produced was also believed to be life-giving or the voice of the great Giver of Life.
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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The shell of the pearl-bearing mollusc is also composed of these two substances.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Small pests were destroyed to protect the beginnings of agriculture; larger animals like the boar were hunted out of existence; others, like the pearl-bearing river-mussels, yielded to subtler demands.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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It should be known that the pearl-bearing oyster of the Indian Ocean is only remotely related to the edible variety of America and Europe.
East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888
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The pearl-bearing oyster is of a more delicate nature than most of the other acephalous mollusca.
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The pearl-bearing oyster is of a more delicate nature than most of the other acephalous mollusca.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Sea, from the pearl-bearing Margarita on the south, Deseada on the east, to
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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Until the late 1800's, Pearl Harbor was teeming with pearl-bearing [[oyster]] s, hence the name
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Until the late 1800's, Pearl Harbor was teeming with pearl-bearing [[oyster]] s, hence the name
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