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OSTREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostrea mean? 

OSTREA (noun)
  The noun OSTREA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Ostreidaeplay

  Familiarity information: OSTREA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OSTREA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Ostreidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ostrea; Ostrea

Hypernyms ("Ostrea" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Ostrea"):

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

Japanese oyster; Ostrea gigas (a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay)

Holonyms ("Ostrea" is a member of...):

family Ostreidae; Ostreidae (oysters)


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