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ostrea
Ostrea
Os"tre*a\, n. [L., an oyster.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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ostrea
noun
type genus of the family Ostreidae
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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