Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eastern oyster

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
east-ern oys-ter
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Crassostrea virginica of oysters native to eastern North and South America.

Inflected Forms

eastern oysters (plural)

Synonyms

Atlantic oyster American oyster East Coast oyster

Questions

What does eastern oyster mean?
Any member of the species Crassostrea virginica of oysters native to eastern North and South America.

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