ostrea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Ostrea*:
NOUN	animal	Ostrea, genus Ostrea	type genus of the family Ostreidae

English > *Ostrea*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	type genus of the family Ostreidae.
Synonym	genus Ostrea
Member of	Ostreidae, family Ostreidae	oysters
Members	Japanese oyster, Ostrea gigas	A large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States
Members	bluepoint, blue point	small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island
Broader	mollusk genus	A genus of mollusks
Spanish	género Ostrea, genus ostrea, Ostrea, ostrea
Catalan	genus ostrea, ostrea

HyperDic: ostrea