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oyster
Any of certain marine bivalvemollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), 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 delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
(colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
“The hull design is based on the Chincoteague skiff, a nineteenth century Chesapeake oysterman hull.”
“Voisin is a seventh-generation oysterman and chairman of the Louisiana Oyster Task Force, a state governmental agency.”
“In 1944, the Louisiana Supreme Court ordered the Texas Oil Company to pay damages to oysterman Ludwig Doucet for dumping chemical waste on his leased property.”
“The story, about the lives of oystermen on the Florida Gulf Coast, had a you-are-there quality, as much of Bragg's work does.”
“If there is no contamination in the Gulf and if oystermen can recede, it will take a minimum 18 months for the oysters to come back.”
“Hurricane Katrina has left many Gulf Coast fisheries and oyster beds in ruins, leaving the region's fishermen, oystermen, and shrimpers to face a lengthy recovery.”
