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1 ostra perlera
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2 ostra perlífera
• pearl oyster -
3 madreperla
f.1 pearl oyster.2 mother-of-pearl, nacre, pearl, pearl oyster.* * *1 (molusco) pearl oyster2 (concha) mother-of-pearl* * *SF (=nácar) mother-of-pearl; (=ostra) pearl oyster* * *femenino mother-of-pearl* * *Ex. Some single concepts can only be denoted by more than one word, eg mother of pearl, moment of truth.* * *femenino mother-of-pearl* * *Ex: Some single concepts can only be denoted by more than one word, eg mother of pearl, moment of truth.
* * *mother-of-pearl* * *
madreperla sustantivo femenino
mother-of-pearl
madreperla sustantivo femenino mother-of-pearl
' madreperla' also found in these entries:
English:
mother-of-pearl
- mother
- pearl
* * *madreperla nf[ostra] pearl oyster; [nácar] mother-of-pearl* * *f mother-of-pearl* * *madreperla nfnácar: mother-of-pearl -
4 ostra
f.oyster.* * *1 oyster\¡ostras! crikey!, wow!, US gee!ostra perlífera pearl oyster* * *1. SF1) (Zool) oysteraburrir 2.2) (=persona) [pesado] bore; [huraño] shrinking violet; (=cliente fijo) regular2.pl ostras* EXCL euf [denota sorpresa] crikey! *; [denota enfado o desagrado] sugar! *, shoot! (EEUU) ** * *femenino oysteraburrirse como una ostra — (fam) to get bored stiff o to death (colloq)
* * *= oyster.Ex. A search of the term 'shellfish' selects a further 126 terms, of which the six most highly ranked are: oysters, mussels, clams, tides, estuaries, and seafoods.----* aburrirse como ostras = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.* hueva de ostra = oyster spat.* * *femenino oysteraburrirse como una ostra — (fam) to get bored stiff o to death (colloq)
* * *= oyster.Ex: A search of the term 'shellfish' selects a further 126 terms, of which the six most highly ranked are: oysters, mussels, clams, tides, estuaries, and seafoods.
* aburrirse como ostras = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.* hueva de ostra = oyster spat.* * *oysteraburrirse como una ostra to get bored stiff o to death o to tears ( colloq)Compuesto:pearl oyster* * *
ostra sustantivo femenino
oyster;◊ aburrirse como una ostra (fam) to get bored stiff o to death (colloq)
ostra
I f Zool oyster
II interj familiar ¡ostras!, gosh!, US gee!
♦ Locuciones: aburrirse como una ostra, to be bored stiff
' ostra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrirse
English:
bored
- death
- oyster
- stiff
* * *♦ nfoyster;aburrirse como una ostra to be bored stiffostra perlífera pearl oyster♦ interjEsp Fam¡ostras! [mostrando sorpresa] good grief!, Br blimey!;[mostrando disgusto o enfado] dammit!* * *f1 ZO oyster2:¡ostras! fam hell! fam* * *ostra nf: oyster* * *ostra n oyster -
5 ostra perlífera
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6 perlífero
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7 madreperla
• mother-of-pearl• NAC• nacreous• pearl oyster• pearl shell -
8 ostra perlera
f.pearl oyster. -
9 criadero
adj.prolific, productive.m.1 farm.criadero de ostras (breeding place)(deárboles, plantas) oyster bed2 seam.3 nursery, breeding place, breeding ground, hatchery.* * *2 (mina) seam\criadero de mejillones mussel bedcriadero de ostras oyster bed* * *SM1) (Bot) nursery2) (Zool) breeding place, breeding groundcriadero de peces — fish hatchery, fish farm
3) (Geol) vein, seam* * *masculino farmcriadero de pollos/de truchas — poultry/trout farm
criadero de ostras/mejillones — oyster/mussel bed
* * *= hatchery, breeding ground.Ex. This type of pearl culture using the spats produced in the hatchery is the first in its kind in India.Ex. This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.----* criadero de caballos = stud.* criadero de cerdos = piggery.* criadero de peces = fishery, hatchery.* criadero de perros = breeding kennel.* * *masculino farmcriadero de pollos/de truchas — poultry/trout farm
criadero de ostras/mejillones — oyster/mussel bed
* * *= hatchery, breeding ground.Ex: This type of pearl culture using the spats produced in the hatchery is the first in its kind in India.
Ex: This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.* criadero de caballos = stud.* criadero de cerdos = piggery.* criadero de peces = fishery, hatchery.* criadero de perros = breeding kennel.* * *farmcriadero de pollos poultry farmcriadero de salmones salmon farm criadero de truchas trout farm o hatcherycriadero de ostras/mejillones oyster/mussel bedse ha convertido en un criadero de ratas it's become a breeding ground for rats* * *
criadero sustantivo masculino
farm;◊ criadero de pollos/de truchas poultry/trout farm;
criadero de perros kennel (AmE), kennels (BrE);
criadero de ostras oyster bed
criadero sustantivo masculino Zool breeding place
(de perros) kennels
criadero de mejillones/ostras, mussel/oyster bed
criadero de truchas/codornices, trout/quail farm
' criadero' also found in these entries:
English:
battery
- kennel
* * *criadero nm1. [de animales] farm [breeding place];[de árboles, plantas] nursery;un criadero de ratas a breeding ground for ratscriadero canino kennels, dog breeders;criadero de ostras oyster bed2. Min mine* * *m2 de plantas nursery* * *criadero nm: hatchery -
10 hueva
f.roe.huevas de bacalao cod roe* * *1 roe, spawn\huevas de esturión caviar sing* * *SFhueva de lisa — Méx cod roe
* * *1) tbhuevas — (Coc) roe; (Zool) spawn
2) (Andes vulg) ( testículo)estar hasta las huevas — (Andes vulg) to be pissed off (sl); (Méx fam)
qué hueva! — what a bore o drag!
* * *= spat.Ex. This type of pearl culture using the spats produced in the hatchery is the first in its kind in India.----* hueva de ostra = oyster spat.* * *1) tbhuevas — (Coc) roe; (Zool) spawn
2) (Andes vulg) ( testículo)estar hasta las huevas — (Andes vulg) to be pissed off (sl); (Méx fam)
qué hueva! — what a bore o drag!
* * *= spat.Ex: This type of pearl culture using the spats produced in the hatchery is the first in its kind in India.
* hueva de ostra = oyster spat.* * *A( Zool) spawnBestar hasta las huevas ( Andes vulg): me tiene hasta las huevas con lo de la puntualidad I'm up to here with him going on about timekeeping ( colloq), I'm pissed off with him going on about timekeeping ( vulg)debería estudiar pero me da hueva I ought to study but I can't be botheredechar la hueva to bum around (sl)* * *
hueva sustantivo femenino
1 tb
(Zool) spawn
2 (Andes vulg) ( testículo):
hueva f tb fpl huevas
1 Zool spawn
2 Culin roe
' hueva' also found in these entries:
English:
roe
- spawn
* * *hueva nf1. [de pescado] roe;huevas de bacalao cod roe* * *hueva nf: roe, spawn -
11 concha
f.1 shell.2 tortoiseshell (carey).3 cunt (vulgar) (vulva). (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), River Plate)4 scallop.5 conch, smooth concave surface resembling the interior of a semidome, concha.6 external part of a woman's genitals.7 vagina.8 concha auriculae, cavity in the outer ear.* * *1 (caparazón) shell2 (carey) tortoiseshell3 (ostra) oyster4 TEATRO prompt box\meterse en su concha figurado to withdraw into one's shelltener muchas conchas familiar to be a sly oneconcha de peregrino scallop shell* * *noun f.* * *SF [forma familiar] de María de la Concepción* * *1) ( de moluscos) shellhacer concha — (Méx) to become hardened o toughened
2) ( carey) tortoise shell3) (Teatr) prompt box4) (Ven) (cáscara - de verduras, fruta) skin; (- del queso) rind; (- del pan) crust; (- de maníes) shellconcha de mango — (Ven fam) trick question
5) (Méx) (Dep) protection box, box6) (AmS vulg) ( de mujer) cunt (vulg)la concha de su madre! — (AmS vulg) shit! (vulg), fucking hell! (vulg)
7) (AmL exc CS fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq)* * *= shell, seashell.Ex. It describes the annual hobby exchanges week for 6th grade pupils at King's Cristian School library, when pupils swap collectable items eg baseball cards, stamps, coins and shells.Ex. She sits at the hospital piano each afternoon with lotus blossoms and seashells braided in her hair.----* concha de mar = seashell.* concha marina = seashell.* * *1) ( de moluscos) shellhacer concha — (Méx) to become hardened o toughened
2) ( carey) tortoise shell3) (Teatr) prompt box4) (Ven) (cáscara - de verduras, fruta) skin; (- del queso) rind; (- del pan) crust; (- de maníes) shellconcha de mango — (Ven fam) trick question
5) (Méx) (Dep) protection box, box6) (AmS vulg) ( de mujer) cunt (vulg)la concha de su madre! — (AmS vulg) shit! (vulg), fucking hell! (vulg)
7) (AmL exc CS fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq)* * *= shell, seashell.Ex: It describes the annual hobby exchanges week for 6th grade pupils at King's Cristian School library, when pupils swap collectable items eg baseball cards, stamps, coins and shells.
Ex: She sits at the hospital piano each afternoon with lotus blossoms and seashells braided in her hair.* concha de mar = seashell.* concha marina = seashell.* * *A (de moluscos) shellhacer concha ( Méx); to become hardened o toughenedmeterse en su concha to retreat into one's shellestá siempre metido en su concha he never comes out of his shell, he's always retreating into his shelltener más conchas que un galápago or tener muchas conchas to be a sly one ( colloq)Compuesto:( Chi) mother-of-pearlB (carey) tortoise shellgafas/peine de concha tortoiseshell glasses/combC (ensenada) coveD ( Teatr) prompt boxE ( Ven)1 (de un árbol) barkestaba lleno de conchas de mango it was full of trick questionsme caí en una concha de mango I fell into a trapCompuesto:masculine and feminine ( AmS vulg) ( masculine) bastard ( vulg), son of a bitch ( AmE vulg); ( feminine) bitch ( vulg)¡qué (tal) concha la de Jorge! Jorge's got a lot of nerve!, Jorge's got a bloody nerve o cheek! ( BrE sl)con concha y cara de perro ( Ven arg): y con concha y cara de perro vino y me pidió más and he had the nerve o ( BrE) cheek o ( BrE) brass to come and ask me for more! ( colloq)* * *
concha sustantivo femenino
concha nácar (Méx) or (Chi) de perla mother-of-pearl
c) (Teatr) prompt box
(— del queso) rind;
(— del pan) crust;
(— de nueces) shell
concha sustantivo femenino
1 Zool shell
2 (material, carey) tortoiseshell
3 LAm vulgar cunt
' concha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caracol
- vieira
English:
seashell
- shell
- mother
- pearl
- sea
- tortoiseshell
* * *concha nf1. [de molusco] shellconcha de peregrino scallop2. [carey] tortoiseshell¡concha de su madre! motherfucker![de semilla] husk; [de manzana, pera] peel; [de naranja] rind; [de plátano] peel, skin; [del pan] crust; [de huevo] shell* * *f ZO shell;meterse en su concha fig withdraw into one’s shell* * *concha nf: conch, seashell* * *concha n shell
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Pearl oyster — Oyster Oys ter (ois t[ e]r), n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. o streon; prob. akin to ostre on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous}, {Ostracize}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pearl oyster — Pearl Pearl, n. [OE. perle, F. perle, LL. perla, perula, probably fr. (assumed) L. pirulo, dim. of L. pirum a pear. See {Pear}, and cf. {Purl} to mantle.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pearl oyster — Taxobox name = Pearl oyster image caption = Black lip oyster, Pinctada margaritifera regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Pterioida familia = Pteriidae genus = Pinctada genus authority = Roding, 1798 subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
pearl oyster — pearl′ oys ter n. ivt any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, inhabiting tropical waters, some of which form pearls of great value • Etymology: 1685–95 … From formal English to slang
pearl oyster — noun tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls • Syn: ↑Pinctada margaritifera • Hypernyms: ↑oyster • Member Holonyms: ↑Pinctada, ↑genus Pinctada … Useful english dictionary
pearl oyster — noun Any of several bivalve molluscs that are a source of pearls, but especially Pinctada margaritifera Syn: pearl shell … Wiktionary
pearl oyster — /pɜl ˈɔɪstə/ (say perl oystuh) noun any of the pearl producing bivalve molluscs of the family Ostreidae …
pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Lower California. [1685 95] * * * … Universalium
pearl oyster — Pipi. See sayings, i a hāmau leo, kuhi1 … English-Hawaiian dictionary
pearl-oyster — … Useful english dictionary
ceylon pearl oyster — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a small pearl oyster (Pinctada vulgaris) widely distributed in the Indian ocean … Useful english dictionary