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noun. Any of several edible bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having a rough, irregularly shaped shell attached to the substrate in shallow marine waters. Oysters are widely cultivated for food.

noun. Any of various similar or related bivalve mollusks, such as the pearl oyster.

noun. An edible bit of muscle found in the hollow of the pelvic bone of a fowl.

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noun. A special delicacy.

noun. Something from which benefits may be extracted.

noun. A close-mouthed person.

intransitive verb. To gather, dredge for, or raise oysters.

To engage in oyster-fishing; take oysters in any way.

noun. An edible bivalve mollusk of the family Ostreidæ, such as Ostrea edulis, the common species of Europe, and O. virginica, that of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

noun. One of many other bivalves of the same order, but of a different family. Thus, the pearl-oyster belongs to the Aviculidæ.

noun. The oyster-shaped bit of dark meat in the front hollow of the side-bone of a turkey or similar bird.

noun. Figuratively, some profit or advantage which one may seize and hold.

noun. Among packers, steamed oysters packed in hermetically sealed cans: a trade-name.

noun. Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.

noun. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

noun. any species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.

noun. a breeding place for oysters; a place in a tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See 1st Scalp, n.

noun. See oystercatcher in the vocabulary.

noun. a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum) which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster.

noun. a rake or small dragnet for bringing up oysters from the bottom of the sea.

noun. The toadfish.

noun. A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe, America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.

noun. Same as oystercatcher.

noun. the shell of an oyster.

noun. a women who deals in oysters.

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noun. See under Pearl.

noun. any spiny marine shell of the genus Spondylus.

noun. Any marine bivalve mollusk of the Family Ostreidae, usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.

noun. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

noun. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

noun. A person who keeps secrets and private information to him- or herself.

adjective. Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

verb. To fish for oysters.

noun. a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl

noun. edible body of any of numerous oysters

noun. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters

verb. gather oysters, dig oysters

"In the same way that there is big difference between typing the word oyster and actually swallowing one, I am not suggesting that you swallow the idea that guardian angels are real."

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