oyster

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: oyster

1	n v	marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters gather oysters, dig oysters
2	n	a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: oyster

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a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation; blue point, bluepoint
small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island; Japanese oyster, Ostrea gigas
a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay; Virginia oyster
common edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America; Pinctada margaritifera, pearl oyster
tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls; Anomia ephippium, saddle oyster
thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched; Placuna placenta, capiz, window oyster, windowpane oyster
marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell

Type of:: bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod
marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Types:: oysters Rockefeller
oysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell; blue point, bluepoint
oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw

Type of:: shellfish
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

Type of:: helping, portion, serving
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

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