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oyster
1. n. Huître.
2. n. Sot-l'y-laisse.
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oyster
1. n. Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in
2. n. The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
3. n. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
(color panel, DADFB7)
4. n. (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
5. n. (slang) A shoplifter.
6. adj. Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
7. v. (intransitive) To fish for oysters.

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You should be proud to eat the oyster of life.  Pull the leg away from the body until the thighbone pops out of its socket, so detaching it from the body, then carefully cut the leg off the body, taking the oyster with it.

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