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oysterish

oysterish adjective: oyster-like, especially in colour.

Adjective

oysterish (comparative more oysterish, superlative most oysterish)

  1. oyster-like, especially in colour

Forms of oysterish

comparativemore oysterish
superlativemost oysterish

Origin of oysterish

From oyster + -ish.

Words formed from oysterish

Questions about oysterish

What does oysterish mean?
Oysterish means oyster-like, especially in colour.
What part of speech is oysterish?
Oysterish is an adjective.

Words near oysterish in the dictionary

  1. oysterfish
  2. oysterfishes
  3. oysterhood
  4. oysteries
  5. oystering
  6. oysterish
  7. oysterishness
  8. oysterleaf
  9. oysterless
  10. oysterlike
  11. oysterling

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