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Rada Tilly — Located 13 kilometres away to the south of the city of Comodoro Rivadavia, in Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina, it is the beach resort Rada Tilly Village. It is located between Punta Piedras hill to the north and Punta del Marquez to the south where… … Wikipedia
bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… … Universalium
jingle shell — 1. any of several marine, bivalve mollusks of the genus Anomia, having a thin, pearly shell with a conspicuous hole or notch near the hinge of the lower valve. 2. the shell itself. * * * ▪ bivalve also called saddle oyster any of several… … Universalium
laver — laver1 /lay veuhr/, n. 1. Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the… … Universalium
Laver — /lay veuhr/, n. Rod(ney George), born 1938, Australian tennis player. * * * ▪ algae Japanese nori any member of the genus Porphyra, a group of marine red algae. The thallus, a sheet of cells embedded in a thin gelatinous stratum, varies… … Universalium
sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor. [1590 1600] * * * … Universalium
Leptodus — ▪ paleontology extinct genus of articulate brachiopods, or lamp shells, of the Permian period (286 to 245 million years ago). Leptodus, a very specialized form characterized by an aberrant morphology, had an oysterlike pedicle valve, which… … Universalium
salsify — sal•si•fy [[t]ˈsæl sə fi[/t]] n. pl. fies pln a purple flowered composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oysterlike flavor Also called oyster plant vegetable oyster • Etymology: 1690–1700; < F salsifis, var. of sassefy,… … From formal English to slang
salsify — [sal′sə fē΄, sal′səfī΄] n. [Fr salsifis < It sassefrica < ?] a purple flowered plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) of the composite family, with long, white, edible, fleshy roots having an oysterlike flavor; oyster plant … English World dictionary
sea lungwort — noun : a fleshy perennial herb (Mertensia maritima) of the northern coasts of both hemispheres with ovate to spatulate leaves and usually long stalked rose pink flowers fading to pale blue or almost white * * * a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the … Useful english dictionary
