OYSTER

Oyster

The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified.

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oyster

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
  4. A person who keeps secrets and private information to him- or herself.

Verb

  1. To fish for oysters.

Adjective

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


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