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Ostracean :: Ostracean (n.) Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type..

Roysterer :: Roysterer (n.) same as Roister, Roisterer..

Lamellibranchiata :: Lamellibranchiata (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.

Eye :: Eye (n.) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop..

Beard :: Beard (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster..

Fierasfer :: Fierasfer (n.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian..

Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker..

Anomia :: Anomia (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment..

Oyster :: Oyster (n.) A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

Scallop :: Scallop (n.) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below..

Scalp :: Scalp (n.) A bed of oysters or mussels.

Pinnothere :: Pinnothere (n.) A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster..

Oyster-green :: Oyster-green (n.) A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc..

Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

Milk :: Milk (n.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster..

Oysterling :: Oysterling (n.) A young oyster.

Entree :: Entree (n.) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc..

Shuck :: Shuck (v. t.) To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc..

Royster :: Royster (n.) Alt. of Roystere.

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