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The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.

rown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.

The oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]

A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

A fossil oyster.

A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly. The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth.

The artificial cultivation of oysters.

One who feeds on oysters.

Producing oysters; containing oysters.

A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown. [Written also parc.] Park of artillery. See under Artillery. -- Park phaeton, a small, low carriage, for use in parks.

le, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are…

The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. [Eng.] Simmonds.

Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.

pie. [Prov.Eng.] Jay piet (Zoöl.), the European jay. [Prov.Eng.] -- Sea piet (Zoöl.), the oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]

A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster.

An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

shaell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.