Meaning Of The Word Oyster

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oyster
countable noun: An oyster is a large flat shellfish. Some oysters can be eaten and others produce valuable objects called pearls.

oyster in American English
any of various bivalve mollusks with an irregularly shaped, unequal shell, living attached to rocks, other shells, etc., and widely used as food
noun: any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water

oyster in British English
noun: any edible marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Ostrea, having a rough irregularly shaped shell and occurring on the sea bed, mostly in coastal waters
verb: to dredge for, gather, or raise oysters

oyster in Hospitality
noun: An oyster is a large flat shellfish.

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