(n)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
[しろちょうがい;シロチョウガイ, shirochougai ; shirochougai](n) (uk) silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster[Add to Longdo]