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oyster definition

oys·ter (o̵is′tər)

noun

  1. any of various bivalve mollusks with an irregularly shaped, unequal shell, living attached to rocks, other shells, etc., and widely used as food
  2. the soft, edible part of such a mollusk
  3. the oyster-shaped bit of meat contained in a depression on each side of the pelvic bone of a fowl
  4. something from which profit or advantage can be extracted the world is my oyster
  5. Informal a taciturn person

Etymology: OFr oistre < L ostrea < Gr ostreon, oyster; akin to osteon, a bone: see ossify

intransitive verb

to gather, raise, or dredge oysters

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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