oister

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A form of oyster — Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.

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Meanings

nounoister (plural oisters)

plural oisters

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of oyster.

    Nevertheless it is certain, that oisters, and cockles, and mussels, which move not, have no discriminate sex

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

oister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oister

MLA

“oister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oister. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oister.

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