| 单词 | oyster bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoyster bed oyster bed n. (a) a layer of oysters covering either an area of the seabed or an artificial construction built for the purpose of breeding them; a part of the seabed or an artificial construction on which oysters breed or are bred (cf. bed n. 14b); (b) Geology a layer or stratum containing fossil oysters. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > breeding oysters > oyster-bed oyster-leyne1581 oyster bed1591 stew1610 greening-pit1667 layer1735 laying1837 park1867 plantation1881 hive1882 claire1901 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > oyster bed scalp?15.. oyster bed1591 oyster bank1612 layer1667 oyster-lay1703 oyster-laying1761 oyster bar1823 laying1837 oyster park1862 oysterage1866 oyster field1868 lay1902 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > organic remains or fossils moorlog1655 coal plant1695 leaf bed1697 plant bed1784 oyster bed1833 stem-bed1853 forest-bed1861 starfish bed1861 fish-bed1869 insect-bed1893 lagerstätte1972 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Ostiario An oister bed. 1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit iv. i. 54 Oh Sir, a witty man's Head is a Similies Bed, and breeds Similies as fast as an Oysterbed breeds Oysters. 1780 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 290 They have many excellent oyster-beds about the islands of the Texel, producing very large and well-tasted oysters. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 354 The strata of sand which immediately repose on the oyster-bed are quite destitute of organic remains. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xv. 342 The Bembridge Limestone is followed by an oyster bed laid down by a marine transgression of limited westerly extent. 2001 Nat. New Eng. May 49/2 For years oystermen tended their oyster beds moving the oysters annually from one place to another to increase their growth. < as lemmas |
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