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oysters
 
Noun oyster has 3 senses
  1. oyster - marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
    --1 is a kind of     bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch
    --1 is a member of Ostreidae, family Ostreidae
    --1 has parts: huitre, oyster
    --1 has particulars:
     seed oyster; bluepoint, blue point; Japanese oyster, Ostrea gigas; Virginia oyster; pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera; saddle oyster, Anomia ephippium; window oyster, windowpane oyster, capiz, Placuna placenta
    Derived form: verb oyster1
  2. huitre, oyster - edible body of any of numerous oysters
    --2 is a kind of shellfish
    --2 is a part of oyster
    --2 has particulars: oysters Rockefeller; bluepoint, blue point
    Derived form: verb oyster1
  3. oyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
    --3 is a kind of     helping, portion, serving
    --3 is a part of bird, fowl
Verb oyster has 1 sense
  1. oyster - gather oysters, dig oysters
    --1 is one way to     gather, garner, collect, pull together
    Derived forms: noun oyster2, noun oyster1
    Sample sentence:
    In the summer they like to go out and oyster
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