pearl oyster

pearl oys·ter

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [purl oi-ster]
- /pɜrl ˈɔɪ stər/
- /pɜːl ˈɔɪ.stər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [purl oi-ster]
- /pɜrl ˈɔɪ stər/

Definitions of pearl oyster words

noun pearl oyster any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California. 1
noun pearl oyster any of various tropical marine bivalves of the genus Pinctada and related genera: a major source of pearls 0

See all 2 definitions of pearl oyster

Information block about the term

Origin of pearl oyster

First appearance:

before 1685

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1685-95

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pearl oyster

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pearl oyster

pearl oyster popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

pearl oyster usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer