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Olympia oyster

Olympia oyster noun: a species of edible oyster, Ostrea lurida, native to the North Pacific coast of North America.

Noun

Olympia oyster (plural Olympia oysters)

  1. A species of edible oyster, Ostrea lurida, native to the North Pacific coast of North America.
    • There’s a nice example, potentially, in San Francisco Bay, which prior to the Gold Rush in the 1850s teemed with Olympia oysters.2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018

Forms of Olympia oyster

pluralOlympia oysters

Origin of Olympia oyster

Named after Olympia, Washington.

Questions about Olympia oyster

What does Olympia oyster mean?
Olympia oyster means a species of edible oyster, Ostrea lurida, native to the North Pacific coast of North America.
What part of speech is Olympia oyster?
Olympia oyster is a noun.
What is the plural of Olympia oyster?
The plural of Olympia oyster is Olympia oysters.

Words near Olympia oyster in the dictionary

  1. olyfauntes
  2. Olyka
  3. olykoek
  4. olykoeks
  5. Olympia
  6. Olympia oyster
  7. Olympia oysters
  8. olympiad
  9. olympiadane
  10. olympiadanes
  11. Olympiadic

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