oyster : Idioms & Phrases

• a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. U.S.

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• (Cookery). See under Scalloped.

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• (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.

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• (Zoöl.), the northern native oyster. Local, U. S.

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• noun a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay
  Ostrea gigas.
  

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• noun edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
  Pleurotus ostreatus; oyster agaric; oyster fungus.
  

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• noun a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
  oyster bank; oyster bed.
  

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• noun a bar (as in a restaurant) that specializes in oysters prepared in different ways
  

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• noun a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
  oyster bank; oyster bed.
  

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• a breeding place for oysters; a place in a tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See lst Scalp, n.

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• noun black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
  oystercatcher.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of wading birds of the genus Hæmatopus, which frequent seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species (H. ostralegus), the common American species (H. palliatus), and the California, or black, oyster catcher (H. Bachmani) are the best known.

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• noun tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
  Pinnotheres ostreum.
  

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• (Zoöl.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum) which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster.

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• noun a small dry usually round cracker
  

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• a rake or small dragnet of bringing up oyster from the bottom of the sea.

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• noun stuffing made with oysters
  oyster dressing.
  

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• noun a variety of toadfish
  oysterfish; oyster fish.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) The tautog. (b) The toadfish.

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• noun edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
  Pleurotus ostreatus; oyster agaric; oyster fungus.
  

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• noun edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
  Pleurotus ostreatus; oyster agaric; oyster fungus.
  

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• noun a workplace where oysters are bred and grown
  oyster bank; oyster bed.
  

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• noun edible root of the salsify plant
  salsify.
  
• noun Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
  salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; oyster plant.
  
• noun long white salsify
  oyster plant.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Tragopogon (T. porrifolius), the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; called also vegetable oyster. (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe, America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Oyster catcher, above.

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• noun a shell of an oyster
  

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• (Zoöl.), the shell of an oyster.

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• noun oysters in cream
  

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• noun stuffing made with oysters
  oyster dressing.
  

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• a women who deals in oysters.

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• noun a variety of toadfish
  oysterfish; oyster fish.
  

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Oys"ter-green` noun

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1. (Bot.) A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.

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• noun oysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell
  

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• noun tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls
  Pinctada margaritifera.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large tropical marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Meleagrina, or Margaritifera, found in the East Indies (especially at Ceylon), in the Persian Gulf, on the coast of Australia, and on the Pacific coast of America. Called also pearl shell, and pearl mussel.

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• noun thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched
  Anomia ephippium.
  

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• (Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter. This was at first done in scallop shells.

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• noun a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation
  

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• a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality.

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• noun a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks; its yellow flowers are used as a substitute for saffron
  Scolymus hispanicus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any spiny marine shell of the genus Spondylus.

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• (Zoöl.), a small American oyster (Ostrea folium) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree; called also raccoon oyster.

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• noun Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
  salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; oyster plant.
  
• noun long white salsify
  oyster plant.
  

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• (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under Oyster.

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• noun common edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America
  

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• noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
  capiz; Placuna placenta; window oyster.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a marine bivalve shell (Placuna placenta) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass.

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• noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
  capiz; Placuna placenta; window oyster.
  

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