European oyster
noun
a flat, edible oyster, Ostrea edulis, occurring throughout coastal waters of northern Europe and cultivated on northern U.S. coasts.
- Also called be·lon [bey-lohn], /beɪˈloʊn/, flat oyster .
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How to use European oyster in a sentence
The small ox of Belon which we have seen, and call by the name of zebu, is no more than a variety in the species of the ox.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonBelon was perhaps the first, at least in modern times, who had glimpses of a great typical conformity in nature.
Every one knows, says a writer of the last century, that our gardens owe all their beauty to Belon.
The small ox of Belon is only a variety in the species of the ox.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonAnd beside the city of Akon runneth a little river, that is clept Belon.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville | John Mandeville
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