Defenition of the word oyster

• Defenition of the word oyster

  • Acephalous marine mollusk, with an irregular bivalve shell.
  • edible body of any of numerous oysters
  • marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
  • a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
  • gather oysters, dig oysters

Synonyms for the word oyster

• • huitre

Meronymys for the word oyster

• • bird
  • family Ostreidae
  • fowl
  • huitre
  • Ostreidae
  • oyster

Hyponyms for the word oyster

• • Anomia ephippium
  • blue point
  • bluepoint
  • capiz
  • Japanese oyster
  • Ostrea gigas
  • oysters Rockefeller
  • pearl oyster
  • Pinctada margaritifera
  • Placuna placenta
  • saddle oyster
  • seed oyster
  • Virginia oyster
  • window oyster
  • windowpane oyster

Hypernyms for the word oyster

• • bivalve
  • collect
  • garner
  • gather
  • helping
  • lamellibranch
  • pelecypod
  • portion
  • pull together
  • serving
  • shellfish

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