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olympia oyster

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O⋅lym⋅pi⋅a

[uh-lim-pee-uh, oh-lim-]
–noun
1. a plain in ancient Elis, Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were held.
2. a city in and the capital of Washington, in the W part, on Puget Sound. 27,447.
3. (sometimes lowercase) Also called Olympia oyster. a common oyster, Ostrea lurida, of the Pacific coast of North America.
4. a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “of Olympus.”
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Olympia oyster  
n.  A small oyster (Ostrea lurida) native to the Pacific coast of North America.

[After Olympia2.]
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