oyster gray
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gray — / grey [adj] muted silver in color ash, ashen, battleship*, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate,… … New thesaurus
oyster — /oy steuhr/, n. 1. any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water. 2. the oyster shaped bit of dark meat… … Universalium
Oyster mushroom — Taxobox name = Oyster mushroom status = secure | image width = 200px image caption = Fruiting body of the Oyster mushroom in the Havré wood Belgium. regnum = Fungi phylum = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Agaricales familia =… … Wikipedia
oyster fish — Tautog Tau*tog , n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian name, translated by Roger Williams sheep s heads, and written by him tauta[ u]og.] (Zo[ o]l.) An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis}, or {Tautoga onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oyster cap — an edible, brownish gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps. Also called oyster mushroom. * * * … Universalium
oyster cap — an edible, brownish gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps. Also called oyster mushroom … Useful english dictionary
oyster mushroom — coo oys′ter mush room n. an edible, brownish gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees or their stumps • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
silurian gray — noun Usage: often capitalized S : a pale yellow green that is yellower, stronger, and slightly lighter than smoke gray, stronger than oyster gray, and yellower and slightly lighter than average Nile … Useful english dictionary
smoke gray — noun : a pale yellow green that is greener and slightly duller than oyster gray and yellower and less strong than average Nile … Useful english dictionary
Pearl oyster — Pearl Pearl, n. [OE. perle, F. perle, LL. perla, perula, probably fr. (assumed) L. pirulo, dim. of L. pirum a pear. See {Pear}, and cf. {Purl} to mantle.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
