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noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…
verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun
adjective

Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell

noun

A wading bird with black-and-white or all-black plumage and a strong orange-red bill, typically found on the coast and feeding chiefly on shellfish.

Usage examples:

Currently, visitors to the flats are likely to see sandpipers, avocets, oystercatchers, godwits, do…
verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun
noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…
noun

A person who gathers, sells, or prepares oysters.

noun

A person who gathers, sells, or prepares oysters.

noun

Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; especially (a) the oyster toadfish, opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, tautoga onitis; (c) the naked goby, gobiosoma bosci.

noun

Any of various fishes which frequent oyster beds; especially (a) the oyster toadfish, opsanus tau; (b) the tautog, tautoga onitis; (c) the naked goby, gobiosoma bosci.

noun

The condition of being an oyster.

noun

The activity or process of raising, dredging, or gathering oysters.

Usage examples:

Oystering is still the lifeblood of this town
verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun
adjective

Of the nature of or resembling an oyster; relating to oysters.

noun

The quality of resembling an oyster.

adjective

Resembling an oyster.

Oysters

ˈɔɪ.stər
noun

Any of a number of bivalve molluscs with rough irregular shells. several kinds are eaten (especially raw) as a delicacy and may be farmed for food or pearls.

Usage examples:

Loch fyne is scotland's longest and deepest sea loch, and at its head, the loch fyne oysters compan…
verb

Raise, dredge, or gather oysters.

Usage examples:

As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun

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