oysterhood

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noun

The state of being an oyster.

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Meanings

nounoysterhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being an oyster.

    Only a miserable remnant of the oyster's progeny arrives at the stage of adult oysterhood.

    1934, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection, volume 2482, page 64
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    It has been computed that two millions of these ciliated embryos may be produced by a single oyster, but few, comparatively speaking, grow up to oysterhood.

    1867, The North British Review, volume 46, page 195

Origin

From oyster + -hood.

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