oysters – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
oyster
n.
any of various edible bivalve mollusks that are found mainly in shallow waters and are generally eaten raw; dark piece of meat found in the hollow of the pelvic bone of a fowl; non-talkative or secretive person (Informal)
Oyster
The word
oyster is used as a
common name for a number of different families of saltwater
clams,
bivalve molluscs that live in
marine or
brackish habitats. In some species the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not all, oysters are in the superfamily
Ostreoidea.
oyster
Noun
1. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
(hypernym) bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch
(hyponym) seed oyster
(member-holonym) Ostreidae, family Ostreidae
(part-meronym) huitre
2. edible body of any of numerous oysters
(synonym) huitre
(hypernym) shellfish
(hyponym) oysters Rockefeller
3. a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
(hypernym) helping, portion, serving
(part-holonym) bird, fowl
Verb
1. gather oysters, dig oysters
(hypernym) gather, garner, collect, pull together
(derivation) huitre
oyster
n.
ústřice
oyster
Rzecz.
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