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talaba [ta.la.ba.] : oyster (n.) [kinhason]

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Glosses:
oyster
n. (animal)1. oystermarine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters.
~ bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypodmarine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together.
~ family ostreidae, ostreidaeoysters.
~ seed oystera young oyster especially of a size for transplantation.
~ blue point, bluepointsmall edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island.
~ japanese oyster, ostrea gigasa large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay.
~ virginia oystercommon edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America.
~ pearl oyster, pinctada margaritiferatropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls.
~ anomia ephippium, saddle oysterthin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched.
~ capiz, placuna placenta, window oyster, windowpane oystermarine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell.
~ huitre, oysteredible body of any of numerous oysters.
n. (food)2. huitre, oysteredible body of any of numerous oysters.
~ oystermarine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters.
~ shellfishmeat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean).
~ oysters rockefelleroysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell.
~ blue point, bluepointoysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw.
n. (food)3. oystera small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl.
~ helping, serving, portionan individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
~ bird, fowlthe flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.
v. (contact)4. oystergather oysters, dig oysters.
~ gather, pull together, collect, garnerassemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"