oyster
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
Other meanings
The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
Kinds of oyster
- seed oyster
- blue point
- saddle oyster
- window oyster
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ὄστρεον".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “oyster” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.