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• Oyster — For other uses, see Oyster (disambiguation). Crassostrea gigas from the Marennes Oléron basin in France The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The… …   Wikipedia

• oyster — /oy steuhr/, n. 1. 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. 2. the oyster shaped bit of dark meat… …   Universalium

• Oyster Bay (town), New York — This article is about the town. For the unincorporated hamlet within the town, see Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York. Oyster Bay   Town   Town of Oyster Bay …   Wikipedia

• oyster — [14] The Greek word for ‘oyster’ was óstreon – etymologically an allusion to its shell. It came from a prehistoric Indo European base *ost denoting ‘bone’, which also produced Greek ostéon ‘bone’ (source of the English prefix osteo ), ostakós… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• oyster — [14] The Greek word for ‘oyster’ was óstreon – etymologically an allusion to its shell. It came from a prehistoric Indo European base *ost denoting ‘bone’, which also produced Greek ostéon ‘bone’ (source of the English prefix osteo ), ostakós… …   Word origins

• oyster — oys·ter || ɔɪstÉ™(r) n. any of various edible bivalve mollusks that are found mainly in shallow waters and are generally eaten raw; dark piece of meat found in the hollow of the pelvic bone of a fowl; non talkative or secretive person… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Window oyster — Window Win dow, n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. ????. See {Wind}, n., and {Eye}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• raccoon oyster — Tree Tree (tr[=e]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[ o], tre[ o]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[=e], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[=e], Dan. tr[ae], Sw. tr[ a], tr[ a]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tree oyster — Tree Tree (tr[=e]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[ o], tre[ o]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[=e], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[=e], Dan. tr[ae], Sw. tr[ a], tr[ a]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• saddle oyster — Saddle Sad dle, n. [OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G. sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. s[ o][eth]ull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit.] 1. A seat for a rider, usually made of leather,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hammer oyster — Hammer Ham mer (h[a^]m m[ e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. a kmwn anvil, Skr. a[,c]man stone.] 1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English