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oyster

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oys·ter  (oistr)
n.
1.
a. Any of several edible bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, especially of the genera Crassostrea and Ostrea, that live chiefly in shallow marine waters and have a rough, irregularly shaped shell.
b. Any of various similar or related bivalve mollusks, such as the pearl oyster.
2. An edible bit of muscle found in the hollow of the pelvic bone of a fowl.
3.
a. A special delicacy.
b. Something from which benefits may be extracted.
4. Slang A close-mouthed person.
intr.v. oys·tered, oys·ter·ing, oys·ters
To gather, dredge for, or raise oysters.

[Middle English oistre, from Old French, from Latin ostreum, ostrea, from Greek ostreon; see ost- in Indo-European roots.]

oyster
Noun
1. an edible shellfish, some types of which produce pearls
2. the world is your oyster you are in a position where there is every possible chance of personal advancement and satisfaction
Adjective
greyish-white [Greek ostreon]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.oysteroyster - marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
seed oyster - 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
pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera - 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
capiz, Placuna placenta, window oyster, windowpane oyster - marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
huitre, oyster - edible body of any of numerous oysters
2.oyster - edible body of any of numerous oysters
oyster - marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
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
3.oyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
helping, serving, portion - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
Verb1.oyster - gather oysters, dig oysters
gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
Translations
oyster [ˈɔɪstəʳ] nostra

oyster [ˈɔɪstəʳ] nhuître f

oyster [ˈɔɪstəʳ] nAuster f

oyster [ˈɔɪstəʳ] nostrica

oyster
n oyster [ˈoistə]
a type of shellfish eaten as food, and from which pearls are got. oester مَحارَه стрида ústřice østers die Auster στρείδι ostra auster صدف خوراکی osteri huître צִדפַת מַאֲכָל शुक्ति ostriga, kamenica osztriga tiram ostra ostrica かき austrė austere tiram oester østers ostryga ostra stridie устрица ustrica ostriga ostriga ostron หอยนางรม istridye 牡蠣,蚝 устриця صدفہ، ايک قسم کي مچھلي con hàu 蛎,蚝
oyster bed
a place in the sea where oysters breed or are bred. oesterbed مَكان في قاع البَحْر لِنُمُو المَحار място където има стриди ústřicová lavice østersbanke die Austernbank οστρεοτροφείο banco de ostras austrilava زیستگاه صدف خوراکی osterimatalikko banc d'huîtres מְקוֹם רְבִייָה שֶׁל צְדָפוֹת शुक्तितट, शक्तिक्षेत्र uzgajalište (nalazište) ostriga osztrigatelep penangkaran tiram ostrugrunn; ostruræktarsvæði banco di ostriche かき養殖場 austrių veisykla austeru zvejas vieta; austeru audzētava petiraman oesterbank østersbanke ławica ostryg banco de ostras colonie de stridii устричная отмель ustricová lavica gojišče ostrig leglo ostriga ostronbank กระชังเลี้ยงหอยนางรม istridye yatağı 牡蠣、蚝養殖場 устрична мілина صدفہ گاہ، صدفہ مچھلي کي جائے نشو و نما bãi nuôi sò 蛎、蚝


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In one place, five hundred feet above the sea, the perpendicular bank on the upper side of the road was ten or fifteen feet high, and the cut exposed three veins of oyster shells, just as we have seen quartz veins exposed in the cutting of a road in Nevada or Montana.
And the winds of adventure blew the oyster pirate sloops up and down San Francisco Bay, from raided oyster-beds and fights at night on shoal and flat, to markets in the morning against city wharves, where peddlers and saloon-keepers came down to buy.
Charley and I roamed the docks, wondering what we should do, and so came upon the oyster fleet lying at the Oakland City Wharf.
 
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