GENUS OSTREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ostrea mean? 

• GENUS OSTREA (noun)
  The noun GENUS OSTREA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Ostreidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS OSTREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS OSTREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Ostreidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ostrea; Ostrea

Hypernyms ("genus Ostrea" is a kind of...):

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ostrea"):

blue point; bluepoint (small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island)

Japanese oyster; Ostrea gigas (a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay)

Holonyms ("genus Ostrea" is a member of...):

family Ostreidae; Ostreidae (oysters)