| 单词 | belon oyster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBelon oyster More fully Belon oyster. A variety of the edible oyster ( Ostrea edulis) farmed in the river Belon in southern Brittany; colloquial (esp. U.S.) any oyster of this species. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > oyster oystereOE Colchesterc1625 green oyster1667 mangrove oyster1683 pandore1701 Milton1749 sickle-oyster1758 bluepoint1789 native1815 powldoody1819 Red Bank oyster1830 raccoon oyster1834 sauce oyster1851 Portuguese oyster1881 relay1889 Portugal oyster1890 Malpeque1901 Marennes1905 Belon1908 Olympia oyster1908 Pacific oyster1912 Whitstable1940 Portugaise1942 Olympia1961 1908 Monthly Consular & Trade Rep. (U.S. Dept. Commerce & Labor) Mar. 121 The retail prices of the well-known grades of shell oysters to-day at the dealers in the central part of Paris are as follows per dozen, values being in cents: Victoria (English), 70..; Belon (French), 50; and Armoricaines (French), 30. 1966 P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 40 The plate most generally considered the best in flavour is the white-fleshed belon, which is also the dearest... An Appellation Contrôlée governs its quality. 1971 Times 11 Sept. 10/7 Belon oysters..may be eaten à la carte. 1982 J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Cookbk. 33/3 Oyster lovers..will debate the various merits of the flat versus the hollow, the pale silver and expensive Belon, the green French Marenne [etc.]. 1990 Gourmet Nov. 90/2 European flat oysters are grown on both coasts, often under the misleading name of belons. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 June v. 6/5 For the first time in my life the belons were not my favorite oysters on the table. < as lemmas |
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