"oyster knife" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oyster knives [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪf Head templates: {{en-noun|oyster knives}} oyster knife (plural oyster knives)
  1. A knife with a short, thick blade, used to pry open oysters and separate the meat from the shell. Categories (topical): Cutlery Translations (knife): couteau à huîtres [masculine] (French), abreostras [masculine] (Galician), Austernmesser [neuter] (German), nóż do ostryg [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 160:",
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