A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.
Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.
A saltwater shellfish, can be cooked or eaten raw.
a flat, edible shellfish that lives in shallow coastal waters and has a shell made up of two hinged parts.
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
edible body of any of numerous oysters
a bivalve mollusc - it's basically a two-shelled gonad with gills that attaches itself to something else, such as a rock, eats constantly, changes sex several times and reproduces often
a bivalve or consisting of two shells that are connected by a
an animal covered with shell
an edible bivalve mollusk
a soft-bodied invertebrate that is found in the shallow waters of the sea
a soft body covered by a shell
a shellfish often eaten as food by humans
Four major species in the United States are - Atlantic, found along the East and Gulf coasts; the European, a flat-shelled, round oyster of the Northwest and Maine; the Olympia, the half-dollar-sized oyster grown in the Northwest; and the fruit-flavored Pacific oyster, known for its wildly scalloped shell.
Pearl producing two-shelled mollusk living in saltwater.
Crassostrea virginica, a commercially important bivalve mollusk native to Massachusetts. Also known as the American oyster.
Although 70 species of oysters can produce pearls, most of them belong to the Pinctada family. Below are the three most common oyster types. Pinctada fucata or Pinctada martens ( commonly called Akoya Pearl Oyster): Akoya cultured pearls-producing saltwater mollusks grown in the cooler waters of Japan or China. Akoya pearls generally range in size from 2 mm to 10 mm and range in color from white, rose, or cream shades. Pinctada maxima ( commonly called Silver- or Golden-lipped Pearl Oyster): The world's largest pearl oysters found in the waters around Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan. Colors include silver-white, pink, cream, and gold. These oysters grow in excess of 12 inches in length and can produce a wide range of South Sea cultured pearls in sizes from 8 mm to over 22 mm; Pinctada margaritifera ( commonly called Black-lipped Pearl Oyster): Saltwater mollusks grown in French Polynesia that produce Tahitian or "black" cultured pearls. Considered as adult at 3 years old, it has a diameter of 10 to 18 cm large. Some of these Black-lipped oysters can weigh up to 5 kg (11 lbs.), live 30 years and reach 30 cm (12 inches) in diameter.
A saltwater bivalve with a sea-salty flavour and a...
The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water. The shell, usually highly calcified, surrounds a soft body. Gills filter plankton from the water, and strong adductor muscles are used to hold the shell closed.