oyster

English Thesaurus

1. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod,
definition	:	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	seed oyster,
definition	:	a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	blue point, bluepoint,
definition	:	small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	japanese oyster, ostrea gigas,
definition	:	a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	virginia oyster,
definition	:	common edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	pearl oyster, pinctada margaritifera,
definition	:	tropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	anomia ephippium, saddle oyster,
definition	:	thin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	capiz, placuna placenta, window oyster, windowpane oyster,
definition	:	marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	huitre, oyster,
definition	:	edible body of any of numerous oysters (noun.food)

member meronym	:	family ostreidae, ostreidae,
definition	:	oysters (noun.animal)

2. a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl (noun.food)

hypernym	:	helping, portion, serving,
definition	:	an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal (noun.food)

part meronym	:	bird, fowl,
definition	:	the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food (noun.food)

3. edible body of any of numerous oysters (noun.food)

hypernym	:	shellfish,
definition	:	meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) (noun.food)

hyponym	:	oysters rockefeller,
definition	:	oysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell (noun.food)

hyponym	:	blue point, bluepoint,
definition	:	oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw (noun.food)

part meronym	:	oyster,
definition	:	marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal)

4. gather oysters, dig oysters (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	collect, garner, gather, pull together,
definition	:	assemble or get together (verb.contact)

5. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal)

derivation	:	oyster, oyster,
definition	:	gather oysters, dig oysters (verb.contact)

6. gather oysters, dig oysters (verb.contact)

derivation	:	oyster,
definition	:	marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal)

derivation	:	huitre, oyster,
definition	:	edible body of any of numerous oysters (noun.food)

7. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal)

derivation	:	oyster, oyster,
definition	:	gather oysters, dig oysters (verb.contact)

8. gather oysters, dig oysters (verb.contact)

derivation	:	oyster,
definition	:	marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal)

derivation	:	huitre, oyster,
definition	:	edible body of any of numerous oysters (noun.food)