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Olympia oysters

Olympia oysters is the plural of Olympia oyster.

Meaning of Olympia oyster

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

Questions about Olympia oysters

What is Olympia oysters the plural of?
Olympia oysters is the plural of Olympia oyster.

Words near Olympia oysters in the dictionary

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

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