treated as singularA large white edible piddock (mollusc) which occurs in the Caribbean and on the east coast of North America.
安琪儿翅海笋
Barnea costata, family Pholadidae
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There is also a white species, P. porrigens, sometimes called angel wings or ‘savoury oyster’, which is much smaller, and thinner, but otherwise similar.
Definition of angel wings in US English:
angel wings
plural noun
treated as singularA white edible piddock found on the east coast of North America and in the West Indies.
Barnea costata, family Pholadidae
Example sentencesExamples
There is also a white species, P. porrigens, sometimes called angel wings or ‘savoury oyster’, which is much smaller, and thinner, but otherwise similar.