BLUE POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue point mean? 

• BLUE POINT (noun)
  The noun BLUE POINT has 2 senses:

1. oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw

2. small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island

  Familiarity information: BLUE POINT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUE POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

blue point; bluepoint

Hypernyms ("blue point" is a kind of...):

huitre; oyster (edible body of any of numerous oysters)

Holonyms ("blue point" is a part of...):

blue point; bluepoint (small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blue point; bluepoint

Hypernyms ("blue point" is a kind of...):

oyster (marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters)

Meronyms (parts of "blue point"):

blue point; bluepoint (oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw)

Holonyms ("blue point" is a member of...):

genus Ostrea; Ostrea (type genus of the family Ostreidae)