Meanings
nounOlympia oyster (plural Olympia oysters)
plural Olympia oysters
- A species of edible oyster, Ostrea lurida, native to the North Pacific coast of North America.
There’s a nice example, potentially, in San Francisco Bay, which prior to the Gold Rush in the 1850s teemed with Olympia oysters.
2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018
Origin
Named after Olympia, Washington.
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Olympia oyster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olympia%20oyster
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Chicago
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