| Remarks |
'Pearl', i.e., a dense variously colored and usually lustrous concretion formed of concentric layers of nacre as an abnormal growth within the shell of some mollusks and used as a gem (p. 865 in Ref. 11978), from Old French 'perle' from Vulgar Latin 'perla, pernula', i.e., pearl, from Latin 'perna', i.e., leg, ham and applied metaphorically to a variety of sea mussels whose stalk like foot resembled a ham in shape (p. 388 in Ref. 11979); 'dace', i.e., term used for any small No. American freshwater cyprinid fish, from Middle English 'dace, darce', from Middle French 'dars' from Middle Latin 'darsus' (p. 322 in Ref. 11978). Also Ref. 3814. |