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Noun: Pinctada margaritifera
  1. Tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls
    - pearl oyster

Type of: oyster

Part of: genus Pinctada, Pinctada

Encyclopedia: Pinctada margaritifera

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Pinckneya
Pinckneya pubens
Pinctada
Pinctada margaritifera
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Pincus
pincushion
pincushion flower
pincushion hakea
Pindar
Pindaric
Pindaric ode
pindolol
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