mabe pearl

mabe pearl

M5002150 (māb) also ma·bé pearl (mä′bē, mä-bā′)n. A cultured pearl grown in such a way as to impart a flat-backed, hemispherical shape.
[Japanese mabe, penguin wing oyster (Magnavicula penguin syn. Pteria penguin), the species in which such pearls were first cultivated.]