OSTREA - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] type genus of the family Ostreidae

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	Synonyms:	genus Ostrea

	See Also:	blue point, bluepoint, family Ostreidae, Japanese oyster, mollusk genus, Ostrea gigas, Ostreidae

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Os"tre*a\, n. [L., an oyster.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.