单词 | saddle rock |
释义 | > as lemmassaddle rock saddle rock n. [ < Saddle Rock, the name of a saddle-shaped boulder off the north coast of Long Island, New York, below which a bed of large oysters was found in 1827] U.S. (now historical) (in full saddle rock oyster) a very large edible oyster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > large saddle rock1852 1852 Lantern (N.Y.) 2 158/1 Oyster House sages..acknowledge that for a consideration they will puff anything from Saddle Rock Oysters to Fancy soap. 1865 J. H. Browne Four Years in Secessia 279 The stewing of ‘Saddle-Rocks’ in a chafing dish, or the preparation of a lobster salad, was as far as I had ever advanced in the mysteries of the cuisine. 1923 Davenport (Iowa) Democrat & Leader 28 Sept. 19/4 Saddle Rocks are an extremely large variety. 1927 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 Jan. 14/7 (advt.) Saddle Rock Oysters. Chesapeake Bay Oysters, about 30 to the can. 2006 M. Kurlansky Big Oyster vi. 135 New York being New York, everyone in town was now crazy to have Saddle Rock oysters on their tables and ready to pay unheard-of prices for them. < as lemmas |
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