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oyster drills

oyster drills is the plural of oyster drill.

Meaning of oyster drill

Noun

oyster drill (plural oyster drills)

  1. A sea snail, including Urosalpinx cinerea and others in subfamily Ocenebrinae, such as genera Urosalpinx, Eupleura, and Ocenebra), that feeds on oysters and other shellfish, using an eversible gland to soften its prey's shell so that it can make a hole in the shell using its radula and consume the flesh.

Questions about oyster drills

What is oyster drills the plural of?
Oyster drills is the plural of oyster drill.

Words near oyster drills in the dictionary

  1. oyster crab
  2. oyster crabs
  3. oyster cracker
  4. oyster crackers
  5. oyster drill
  6. oyster drills
  7. oyster farm
  8. oyster farms
  9. oyster fruit
  10. oyster grass
  11. oyster house

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