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blue⋅point

[bloo-point]
–noun
a small oyster, esp. one from the oyster beds near Blue Point, Long Island, usually served raw on the half shell or in a cocktail.

Origin:
1780–90, Americanism
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blue·point also blue point   (blōō'point')   
n.  A small oyster (Crassotrea virginica) found chiefly in coastal waters of the eastern United States and usually eaten raw.

[After Blue Point, a locality on Great South Bay, Long Island, New York.]
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