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noun • a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel • a shade of white the color of bleached bones • a shape that is spherical and small verb • gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | ||||||||
| 48% | 6 | From the Latin for “folding doors”, the hinged shell halves of clams, cockles, mussels, oysters, scallops and other pelecypods | ||||||
noun • a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it • device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone • control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid • the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs • one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods | ||||||||
| 48% | 7 | Word for crabs, mussels, oysters, prawns and other edible shellfish or “fruits de mer” collectively | ||||||
noun • edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc | ||||||||
Believed By The Romans To Have Been Abundant In British Rivers Hence One Of The Motives For Their Invasion Lustrous Gems Created Within The Shells Of Mussels And Oysters Crossword Clue
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