What does thorny oyster mean?

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thorny oyster

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Any of the spiny bivalve molluscs of the genus Spondylus.

thorny oysters (plural)

spiny oyster

What does thorny oyster mean?: Any of the spiny bivalve molluscs of the genus Spondylus.

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