Definition of Oister
Oys"ter (?), n. [OF. oistre, F.
huître, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr.
'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the
oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. Osseous,
Ostracize.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any
marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found
adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the
seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common
European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster
(Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.
2. 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.
Fresh-water oyster (Zoöl.), any
species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in
rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and
attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly
interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels. --
Oyster bed, a breeding place for oysters; a
place in a tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where
oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See 1st
Scalp, n. -- Oyster
catcher (Zoöl.), any one of several species
of wading birds of the genus Hæmatopus, which frequent
seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species (H.
ostralegus), the common American species (H. palliatus),
and the California, or black, oyster catcher (H. Bachmani) are
the best known. -- Oyster crab
(Zoöl.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum)
which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster. --
Oyster dredge, a rake or small dragnet of
bringing up oyster from the bottom of the sea. -- Oyster
fish. (Zoöl.) (a) The
tautog. (b) The toadfish. --
Oyster plant. (Bot.) (a)
A plant of the genus Tragopogon (T. porrifolius),
the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in
taste; salsify; -- called also vegetable oyster.
(b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern
Europe, America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh
leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters. --
Oyster plover. (Zoöl.) Same as
Oyster catcher, above. -- Oyster shell
(Zoöl.), the shell of an oyster. --
Oyster wench, Oyster wife,
Oyster women, a women who deals in
oysters. -- Pearl oyster. (Zoöl.)
See under Pearl. -- Thorny oyster
(Zoöl.), any spiny marine shell of the genus
Spondylus.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the
hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are
sometimes given to the poor.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
OYSTER. A gob of thick phlegm, spit by a consumptive
man; in law Latin, UNUM VIRIDUM GOBBUM
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.
- 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.
- (colour) a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
oyster colour:
- (colour) of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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