English > oyster: 4 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters. |
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| Member of | Ostreidae, family Ostreidae | oysters |
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| Parts | huitre, oyster | edible body of any of numerous oysters |
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| Narrower | Japanese oyster, Ostrea gigas | A large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States |
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| Virginia oyster | Common edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America |
| bluepoint, blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
| pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera | Tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America |
| saddle oyster, Anomia ephippium | thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched |
| seed oyster | A young oyster especially of a size for transplantation |
| window oyster, windowpane oyster, capiz, Placuna placenta | marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell |
| Broader | bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together |
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| Spanish | ostra, ostrea |
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| Catalan | ostra |
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| Verbs | oyster | gather oysters, dig oysters |
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