Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oyster drill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: oys-ter -drill
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sea snail, including Urosalpinx cinerea and others in subfamily Ocenebrinae, such as genera Urosalpinx, Eupleura, and Ocenebra), that feeds on oysters and other shellfish, using an eversible gland to soften its prey's shell so that it can make a hole in the shell using its radula and consume the flesh.

Inflected Forms

oyster drills (plural)

Synonyms

European sting winkle

Questions

What does oyster drill mean?: A sea snail, including Urosalpinx cinerea and others in subfamily Ocenebrinae, such as genera Urosalpinx, Eupleura, and Ocenebra), that feeds on oysters and other shellfish, using an eversible gland to soften its prey's shell so that it can make a hole in the shell using its radula and consume the flesh.

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