oysterhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

oyster +‎ -hood

Noun[edit]

oysterhood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being an oyster.
    • 1867, The North British Review, volume 46, page 195:
      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.
    • 1934, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection, volume 2482, page 64:
      Only a miserable remnant of the oyster's progeny arrives at the stage of adult oysterhood.
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