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oysterous

oysterous adjective: resembling or relating to oysters.

Adjective

oysterous (comparative more oysterous, superlative most oysterous)

  1. Resembling or relating to oysters.

Forms of oysterous

comparativemore oysterous
superlativemost oysterous

Origin of oysterous

From oyster + -ous.

Questions about oysterous

What does oysterous mean?
Oysterous means resembling or relating to oysters.
What part of speech is oysterous?
Oysterous is an adjective.

Words near oysterous in the dictionary

  1. oysterman's stopper
  2. oysterman's stoppers
  3. oystermania
  4. oystermen
  5. Oystermouth
  6. oysterous
  7. oysterperson
  8. oysterplant
  9. oysterplants
  10. oysters
  11. oysters Kilpatrick

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