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Another word for oyster

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Noun
  1. See also:

    shellfish

    fish

    clam

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Sentence Examples

  • The sponge and oyster fisheries are also important.

  • That of the common oyster was described by Hoek.

  • Whitstable has been famous for its oyster beds from time immemorial.

  • The oyster beds, for which Loch Ryan was once noted, are not cultivated, but the fisheries (white fish and herrings) are still of some consequence.

  • One of the oldest of Venezuelan industries, the Margarita pearl fisheries, was prohibited in 1909 for an indefinite time because of the threatened extinction of the oyster beds.

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