"Greengill" is a word in ENGLISH
An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green
pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they …
Read the complete definitionn. bad or unpleasant taste, as the aftertaste of oysters or mangoes. Ngem ti adat na, awan ti ladawan nga …
Read the complete definitionA genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is …
Read the complete definitionA group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.
Read the complete definitionA genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed …
Read the complete definitionThe gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
Read the complete definitionTo deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
Read the complete definitionHaving two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels.
Read the complete definitionA mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the …
Read the complete definitionHaving two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve.
Read the complete definitionA kind of bird; the oyster catcher.
Read the complete definitionA thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster …
Read the complete definitionEmpty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn …
Read the complete definitionAny instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their …
Read the complete definitionA marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most …
Read the complete definitionThe crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
Read the complete definitionIn French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, …
Read the complete definitionA genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.
Read the complete definitionThe scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, …
Read the complete definitionThe thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.
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