oyster synonyms

oyster

n.

bivalve, mollusk, sea food; see clam, fish, shellfish.

Types of oysters include: blue point, rock, pearl, saddle, Olympia, Wellfleet, American-Canadian, Portuguese, Japanese, Gigantic, Chinese, European, British Columbian, Australian mud, flat, saddlerock, cove, box, wild, tonged, dredged.

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