Chesapeake

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• The oystermen apparently were growing on their beds a mixture of Chesapeake oysters, seed obtained from spreading shells, and oysters they had purchased or harvested from public beds.

  Academic text (1996)

• The novel Chesapeake by James A. Michener delves into the rich history of the Chesapeake Bay region.

• The Post article contributed to a wave of unaccustomed criticism of the Chesapeake Bay Program.

  Academic text (2005)

• Shifts in the storm's trajectory are now raising concerns of flooding in the Chesapeake Bay.

  Blog text (33)

• A collection of his short stories, Paradise: Stories of a Changing Chesapeake, is about to be published by Rappahannock Press, Urbana, Virginia.

  Fiction book (1993)

• During the 1830s, about 150,000 bushels of Chesapeake seed were planted each year.

  Academic text (1996)

• Gwenda Morgan's pupils must surely come away from her classes with an immense knowledge of the seventeenth-century Chesapeake.

  Academic text (1993)

• Growers in the early 1900s observed that Chesapeake oysters planted in the spring grew well and took on the appearance of native Connecticut oysters.

  Academic text (1996)

• In the 1830s, some shucking houses were built in Baltimore from which Chesapeake oysters were shipped to Midwestern cities via railroads.

  Academic text (1996)

• Photos (black & white): Figure 78. -- A buyboat (left) buys oysters from a Chesapeake Bay skipjack (right), ca. 1940s-50s.

  Academic text (1996)

Compounds

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Chesapeake Bay

3 4.0

A large bay on the east coast of the United States between Virginia and Maryland fed by the Susquehanna River

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Chesapeake Bay retriever

1 3.9

A large strong dog with a thick oily coat that brings back birds from water

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Etymology