Oyster Definition
oistər
oysters
noun
oysters
Any of various bivalve mollusks with an irregularly shaped, unequal shell, living attached to rocks, other shells, etc., and widely used as food.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar or related bivalve mollusks, such as the pearl oyster.
American Heritage Medicine
The soft, edible part of such a mollusk.
Webster's New World
The oyster-shaped bit of meat contained in a depression on each side of the pelvic bone of a fowl.
Webster's New World
A special delicacy.
American Heritage
verb
oysters
To gather, raise, or dredge oysters.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Oyster
Noun
Singular:
oysterPlural:
oystersOrigin of Oyster
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Old English ostre, from Latin ostrea; reinforced or superseded in Middle English by Anglo-Norman oistre, from Old French oistre, uistre (modern French huître), also from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (ostreon).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English oistre from Old French from Latin ostreum, ostrea from Greek ostreon ost- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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