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How to pronounce oyster in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms huitre
Type of shellfish
Has types blue point, oysters rockefeller, bluepoint
Type Words
Type of serving, portion, helping
Type Words
Type of gather, garner, collect, pull together
Type Words
Type of lamellibranch, pelecypod, bivalve
Has types anomia ephippium, blue point, bluepoint, capiz, japanese oyster, ostrea gigas, pearl oyster, pinctada margaritifera, placuna placenta, saddle oyster, seed oyster, virginia oyster, window oyster, windowpane oyster

Examples of oyster

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Trout and reds will be laid up just off any oyster bars with adjacent drop-offs.
From the news-journalonline.com
They initially donated 50,000 oyster shells from their annual Oyster Riot event.
From the sacbee.com
Volunteers regularly make oyster mats to help restore and build up oyster reefs.
From the news-journalonline.com
It is hoped that the watermen will reclaim at least 1,000 acres of oyster reefs.
From the washingtontimes.com
The oak-tree-covered hill holds an estimated 35,000 cubic yards of oyster shell.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Surveys of oyster grounds in Louisiana showed extensive deaths of the shellfish.
From the sacbee.com
Transfer the coated oyster to a strainer to shake gently to remove excess flour.
From the dailyherald.com
Salsify has a creamy texture and subtle flavour that's often compared to oyster.
From the guardian.co.uk
Open the oysters carefully with an oyster knife and release them from the shell.
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • Gather oysters, dig oysters
  • Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
  • Huitre: edible body of any of numerous oysters
  • A small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
  • The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified.
  • Oyster is the second studio album by Heather Nova, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music).
  • Oysters are two small, round pieces of dark meat on the back of poultry near the thigh, in the hollow on the dorsal side of the ilium bone. Some regard the "oyster meat" to be the most flavorful and tender part of the bird, while others dislike the taste and texture.
  • About: is an Australian style magazine, set up in 1994 and published bi-monthly. The magazine features fashion, music, film and art features, as well as exclusive international fashion editorial. ...
  • Oyster is a novel from 1996 by Janette Turner Hospital.