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oysterlike

oysterlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an oyster.

Adjective

oysterlike (comparative more oysterlike, superlative most oysterlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an oyster.
    Synonyms:
    oysterish

Synonyms of oysterlike

Forms of oysterlike

comparativemore oysterlike
superlativemost oysterlike

Origin of oysterlike

From oyster + -like.

Questions about oysterlike

What does oysterlike mean?
Oysterlike means resembling or characteristic of an oyster.
What part of speech is oysterlike?
Oysterlike is an adjective.

Words near oysterlike in the dictionary

  1. oystering
  2. oysterish
  3. oysterishness
  4. oysterleaf
  5. oysterless
  6. oysterlike
  7. oysterling
  8. oysterlings
  9. oysterman
  10. oysterman's stopper
  11. oysterman's stoppers

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