pearl-fishery
pearl-fishery: locus (pars maris) margaritis abundans: cf. FISHERY . Phr.: the principal p.s are in the Indian Ocean, Oceanus Indicus maxime margaritas gignit, cf. Plin. 9, 35, 54: the best p.s are in ..., creberrimae reperiuntur [margaritae] in ...: cf. id. 9, 35, 56.