oorie

adjective

1. ourie

noun

1. The pearl oyster.

- 1861, Sir J. Emerson Tennent, 'Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with Narratives and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &C. including A Monograph of the Elephant and A Description of the Modes of Capturing and Training It with Engravings From Original Drawings', K.C.S. Ll.D. &C.

- They believed them to proceed not from a fish, but from a shell, which is known by the Tamil name of oorie cooleeroo cradoo, or the 'cryin