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oystercatcher
English
Etymology
oyster +? catcher
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st?.?kæt??/
Noun
oystercatcher (plural oystercatchers)
- Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- cryocatheters
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oyster
English
Alternative forms
- erster (New York City and New Orleans)
- oister (obsolete)
- oystre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (óstreon).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.st?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???.st?/
- Rhymes: -??st?(?)
Noun
oyster (plural oysters)
- 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.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation, 1841, The Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 2, page 344,
- He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation, 1841, The Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 2, page 344,
- The delicate 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.
- (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
- (Britain, slang) A shoplifter.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
oyster (comparative more oyster, superlative most oyster)
- Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
Verb
oyster (third-person singular simple present oysters, present participle oystering, simple past and past participle oystered)
- (intransitive) To fish for oysters.
See also
- astragalus
- bluepoint
- carpetbag steak
- clam
- lungwort
- mussel
- Ostreidae
- salsify
- spat
- Appendix:Colors
References
- oyster at OneLook Dictionary Search
- oyster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Storey, Troyes, oystre, storey, toyers, tyroes
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