JAPANESE OYSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese oyster mean? 

• JAPANESE OYSTER (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE OYSTER has 1 sense:

1. a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE OYSTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE OYSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Japanese oyster; Ostrea gigas

Hypernyms ("Japanese oyster" is a kind of...):

oyster (marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters)

Holonyms ("Japanese oyster" is a member of...):

genus Ostrea; Ostrea (type genus of the family Ostreidae)