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oysterhood

oysterhood noun: the state of being an oyster.

Noun

oysterhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being an oyster.
    • It has been computed that two millions of these ciliated embryos may be produced by a single oyster, but few, comparatively speaking, grow up to oysterhood.1867, The North British Review, volume 46, page 195
    • Only a miserable remnant of the oyster's progeny arrives at the stage of adult oysterhood.1934, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection, volume 2482, page 64

Origin of oysterhood

From oyster + -hood.

Questions about oysterhood

What does oysterhood mean?
Oysterhood means the state of being an oyster.
What part of speech is oysterhood?
Oysterhood is a noun.

Words near oysterhood in the dictionary

  1. oystered
  2. oysterer
  3. oysterers
  4. oysterfish
  5. oysterfishes
  6. oysterhood
  7. oysteries
  8. oystering
  9. oysterish
  10. oysterishness
  11. oysterleaf

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