Oysters - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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