oyster
/ˈɔɪ.stɚ/ nom B2En français : sot-l’y-laisse, huître, huitre
- Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, 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 oyster-shaped 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.
- Any of the fungi in the genera Pleurotus, Hohenbuehelia, or other related genera.
- A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
- A person who keeps secrets.
- Something at one's disposal.
Pluriel oysters
Dans la bibliothèque
“You’re enough to try the patience of an oyster!”
We’ll have oysters to-night.”
## The Dog and the Oyster
A DOG, used to eating eggs, saw an Oyster and, opening his mouth to its widest extent, swallowed it down with the utmost relish, supposing it to be an egg.
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