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VerbarOstracea

A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells

Ostreophagist

One who feeds on oysters

Claire

A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters

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Dredge

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging as a A dragnet for taking up oysters etc from their beds b A dredging machine c An iron frame with a fine net attached used

Exogyra

A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters

VerbarLamellibranchia

An earlier name for the class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells as the clams oysters mussels etc now called Pelecypoda or Bivalvia

Mother of pearl

The hard iridescent pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells esp of pearl oysters river mussels and the abalone shells nacre See Pearl

Ostreaculture

The artificial cultivation of oysters

VerbarOstrea

A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters

Shellfish

Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell either testaceous as in oysters clams and other mollusks or crustaceous as in lobsters and crabs

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