- Ostrea
- nountype genus of the family Ostreidae• Syn: ↑genus Ostrea• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Ostreidae, ↑family Ostreidae• Member Meronyms: ↑bluepoint, ↑blue point, ↑Japanese oyster, ↑Ostrea gigas
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Ostrea /osˈtri-ə/nounThe oyster genusORIGIN: L ostrea, from Gr ostreon oyster• • •ostreāˈceous adjectiveostreiculˈture /os-trē-i-/ nounOyster culture, the artificial breeding of oysters for saleostrēiculˈturist nounosˈtreophage /-fāj/ nounostreophagous /os-tri-ofˈə-gəs/ adjectiveOyster-eatingostreophˈagy /-ə-ji/ noun
Useful english dictionary. 2012.