pinctada margaritifera

1. 1.

   tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls

   Synonymspearl oyster

   Broaderoyster

   Part ofPinctada

Questions about pinctada margaritifera

What does pinctada margaritifera mean?

pinctada margaritifera means "tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls".

What is another word for pinctada margaritifera?

Close synonyms include pearl oyster. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pinctada margaritifera a common word?

pinctada margaritifera is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.