"oyster" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɔɪstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔɪstəɹ/ [General-American], /ˈɔɪst͡ʃəɹ/ [Southern-American-English, regional] Audio: En-us-oyster.ogg [General-American] Forms: more oyster [comparative], most oyster [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oystre}} Middle English oystre, {{der|en|ang|ostre}} Old English ostre, {{der|en|xno|oistre}} Anglo-Norman oistre, {{der|en|fro|oistre}} Old French oistre, {{m|fro|uistre}} uistre, {{m|fr|huître}} huître, {{der|en|la|ostrea}} Latin ostrea, {{der|en|grc|ὄστρεον}} Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon), {{dbt|en|ostro|t1=a purple dye}} Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} oyster (comparative more oyster, superlative most oyster)
  1. Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. Categories (topical): Greys
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-adj-yCcFDq~s Disambiguation of Greys: 24 5 8 26 8 1 7 13 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: erster (english: New York City and New Orleans), oister [obsolete], oystre [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈɔɪstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔɪstəɹ/ [General-American], /ˈɔɪst͡ʃəɹ/ [Southern-American-English, regional] Audio: En-us-oyster.ogg [General-American] Forms: oysters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oystre}} Middle English oystre, {{der|en|ang|ostre}} Old English ostre, {{der|en|xno|oistre}} Anglo-Norman oistre, {{der|en|fro|oistre}} Old French oistre, {{m|fro|uistre}} uistre, {{m|fr|huître}} huître, {{der|en|la|ostrea}} Latin ostrea, {{der|en|grc|ὄστρεον}} Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon), {{dbt|en|ostro|t1=a purple dye}} Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} oyster (plural oysters)
  1. 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 brackish water in the mouth of rivers. Categories (lifeform): Bivalves
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-noun-s~~THnNB Disambiguation of Bivalves: 1 34 3 1 1 1 9 22 27 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 10 6 3 3 0 26 27 21
  2. The delicate oyster-shaped 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. Categories (topical): Seafood Translations (meat): sot-l’y-laisse (French), Pfaffenschnittchen [neuter] (German), Pfaffenstückchen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-noun-GP5qo7DF Disambiguation of Seafood: 2 9 30 2 1 0 12 15 29 Disambiguation of 'meat': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  3. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster. Categories (topical): Greys
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-noun-xPWa~ZGA Disambiguation of Greys: 24 5 8 26 8 1 7 13 8
  4. (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets. Tags: colloquial Translations (person who keeps secrets): muuri (Finnish), за́мкнутый челове́к (zámknutyj čelovék) [masculine] (Russian), tumba [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-noun-DWK~CSmG Disambiguation of 'person who keeps secrets': 1 1 1 90 0 6 1
  5. (figurative) Something at one's disposal. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-noun-KDHo0qim
  6. (UK, slang) A shoplifter. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Seafood
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-noun-rxOi3IPW Disambiguation of Seafood: 2 9 30 2 1 0 12 15 29 Categories (other): British English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 10 6 3 3 0 26 27 21
  7. (UK, slang) Ellipsis of Oyster card. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Alternative form of: Oyster card Categories (topical): Greys, Seafood Translations (mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel): als (Abenaki), oester (Afrikaans), stridhe [feminine] (Albanian), ὄστρεον (óstreon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), τῆθος (têthos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), γλυκομαρίς (glukomarís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَحَار (maḥār) [masculine] (Arabic), إسترديا (esteredya) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine, plural] (Arabic), محار (maḥḥār) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), مَحَار (maḥār) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine, plural] (Arabic), ոստրե (ostre) (Armenian), istridyə (Azerbaijani), ostra (Basque), ву́стрыца (vústryca) [feminine] (Belarusian), ঝিনুক (jhinuk) (Bengali), istr (Breton), стри́да (strída) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ကမာ (ka.ma) (Burmese), ostra [feminine] (Catalan), tirem (Central Melanau), (Chinese Cantonese), (hou⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 牡蠣 (Chinese Mandarin), 牡蛎 (mǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 海蠣子 (Chinese Mandarin), 海蛎子 (hǎilìzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 蠔子 (Chinese Mandarin), 蚝子 (háozi) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (háo) (Chinese Mandarin), estren [feminine] (Cornish), ostrica [feminine] (Corsican), ostrice [feminine] (Corsican), ústřice [feminine] (Czech), østers [common-gender] (Danish), oester [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), ostro (Esperanto), auster (Estonian), ostra [feminine] (Faroese), osteri (Finnish), huître [feminine] (French), huitre (note: post-1990 spelling) [feminine] (French), ხამანწკა (xamanc̣ḳa) (Georgian), Auster [feminine] (German), στρείδι (streídi) [neuter] (Greek), zwit (Haitian Creole), kio (Hawaiian), צִדפָּה (Hebrew), सीप (sīp) (Hindi), शुक्ति (śukti) [feminine] (Hindi), osztriga (Hungarian), ostra [feminine] (Icelandic), ostro (Ido), tiram (Indonesian), oisre [masculine] (Irish), ostrica [feminine] (Italian), 牡蠣 (kaki) (alt: かき) (Japanese), カキ (kaki) (Japanese), 真珠貝 (shinjugai) (alt: しんじゅがい) (Japanese), kerang (Javanese), устрица (ustrisa) (Kazakh), ខ្យងស្មិត (kyɑɑng smǝt) (Khmer), ងាវ (ngiev) (Khmer), ងាវសមុទ្រ (ngiev samot) (Khmer), kubili (Kimaragang), (gul) (Korean), устрица (ustritsa) (Kyrgyz), ຫອຍນາງລົມ (hǭi nāng lom) (Lao), ຫອຽນາງລົມ (hǭi nāng lom) (Lao), ostrea [feminine] (Latin), austere [feminine] (Latvian), austrė [feminine] (Lithuanian), zwit (Louisiana Creole), wustrica [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), Auster (Luxembourgish), острига (ostriga) [feminine] (Macedonian), masajy (Malagasy), tiram (Malay), മുത്തുച്ചിപ്പി (muttuccippi) (Malayalam), ooastyr [masculine] (Manx), tio (Maori), mntmu [animate] (Mi'kmaq), tmtmu [animate] (Mi'kmaq), apon (Mohegan-Pequot), хясаа (xjasaa) (Mongolian), kabaŋk (Murik (New Guinea)), chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼígíí (Navajo), chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼí íiyisígíí (Navajo), hitre [feminine] (Norman), Skruk [Sylt] (North Frisian), østers [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), østers [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ustra [feminine] (Occitan), ostre [feminine] (Old English), گوشماهی (gušmâhi) (Persian), ostryga [feminine] (Polish), ostra [feminine] (Portuguese), stridie [feminine] (Romanian), у́стрица (ústrica) [feminine] (Russian), eisir [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), oisir [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), каменица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), оштрига [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kamenica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oštriga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), බෙල්ලා (bellā) (Sinhalese), ustrica [feminine] (Slovak), ostriga [feminine] (Slovene), ostra [feminine] (Spanish), ostron (Swedish), talaba (Tagalog), гӯшмоҳӣ (güšmohī) (Tajik), சிப்பி (cippi) (Tamil), หอยนางรม (hɔ̌i-naang-rom) (Thai), มุก (múk) (Thai), istiridye (Turkish), ustrisa (Turkmen), у́стриця (ústrycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sisawin (Unami), wustrica [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), شکتی (śukti) [feminine] (Urdu), ustritsa (Uzbek), hàu (Vietnamese), hüit (Volapük), plate mosse [feminine] (Walloon), llymarch [masculine] (Welsh), wystrys [feminine, plural] (Welsh), tigom (West Coast Bajau), oester [common-gender] (West Frisian), אויסטער (oyster) [masculine] (Yiddish), ìsán (Yoruba), ukhwathu class 11/10 (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-noun-ZJypSW9B Disambiguation of Greys: 24 5 8 26 8 1 7 13 8 Disambiguation of Seafood: 2 9 30 2 1 0 12 15 29 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 13 4 2 3 0 19 41 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 10 6 3 3 0 26 27 21 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 3 14 5 3 3 1 19 30 22 Disambiguation of 'mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel': 26 16 2 2 1 16 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: erster (english: New York City and New Orleans), oister [obsolete], oystre [obsolete] Related terms: ostraceous Translations (colour): osterinharmaa (Finnish), ostra [masculine] (Spanish) Translations (food): ὄστρεον (óstreon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مَحَار (maḥār) [masculine] (Arabic), مَحَار (maḥār) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine, plural] (Arabic), стрида (strida) [feminine] (Bulgarian), (Chinese Cantonese), (hou⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 牡蠣 (Chinese Mandarin), 牡蛎 (mǔlì) (Chinese Mandarin), osteri (Finnish), huître (French), ostra [feminine] (Galician), Auster [feminine] (German), στρείδι (streídi) [neuter] (Greek), ostrica [feminine] (Italian), 牡蠣 (kaki) (alt: かき) (Japanese), カキ (kaki) (Japanese), устрица (ustrisa) (Kazakh), (gul) (Korean), ostrea [feminine] (Latin), о́стрига (óstriga) [feminine] (Macedonian), о́стриги (óstrigi) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼígíí (Navajo), گوشماهی (gušmâhi) (Persian), اویستر (oyster) (Persian), ostryga [feminine] (Polish), marisco [masculine] (Portuguese), stridie (Romanian), у́стрица (ústrica) [feminine] (Russian), каменица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kamenica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ostra [feminine] (Spanish), ostron [neuter] (Swedish), hàu (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese), plate mosse [feminine] (Walloon)
Derived forms: American oyster (taxonomic: Crassostrea virginica), Atlantic oyster (taxonomic: Crassostrea virginica), Belon oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea edulis), black-bordered oyster (alt: Saxostrea gradiva), black-lip pearl oyster (taxonomic: Pinctada margaritifera), bluff oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea chilensis), box oyster, bunch oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea frons), Ceylon pearl oyster (taxonomic: Pinctada vulgaris), Chilean oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea chilensis), Chincoteague oyster (taxonomic: Crassostrea virginica), cockscomb oyster (alt: Pycnodonta hyotis, Ostrea cristi-galli), Colchester native oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea edulis), common European oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea edulis), coon oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea frons), corn oyster, dredge oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea chilensis), eastern oyster (taxonomic: Crassostrea virginica), edible oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea edulis), European flat oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea edulis), feather oyster (english: Pteriidae), fresh-water oyster (alt: Etheria spp.), gold-lip oyster (alt: Pinctida maxima), green oyster (taxonomic: Ulva lactuca), hammer oyster (taxonomic: Malleus spp. etc.), Hong Kong oyster (alt: Magallana hongkongensis), hooded oyster (alt: Saccostrea cucullata), Japanese oyster (alt: Magallana gigas), king oyster mushroom (taxonomic: Pleurotus eryngii), mangrove oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea frons), Miyagi oyster (alt: Magallana gigas), mountain oyster, mud oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea edulis), Olympia oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea lurida), oyster ball, oysterbank, oyster bar, Oyster Bay, oyster bed, oyster blade, oyster blade steak, oyster borer (alt: Haustrum scobina), oyster cake, Oyster card, oystercatcher (taxonomic: Haematopus spp.), oyster cellar, oyster crab (alt: Zaops ostreus), oyster cracker, oyster drill (taxonomic: Ocenebrinae gen. and spp.), oyster farm, oysterfish (taxonomic: Tautoga onitis), oyster fruit, oyster grass, oyster house, oysterish, oyster knife, oyster leech (taxonomic: Stylochus frontalis), oysterless, oysterlike, oysterling, oysterman, oyster mushroom (english: Pleurotus), oyster nut (taxonomic: Telfairia pedata), oyster omelette, oyster parlor, oyster pink, oyster piracy, oyster pirate, oyster plant (taxonomic: Tragopogon porrifolius), oyster Rockefeller, oyster saloon, oyster sauce, oystershell bark louse (taxonomic: Lepidosaphes ulmi), oystershell scale (taxonomic: Lepidosaphes ulmi), oyster shooter, oysters Kilpatrick, oysters rockefeller, oyster-tecture, oyster toadfish (english: Batrachoididae), oyster tree (english: Rhizophora), oyster white, oyster wife, oysterwoman, oystery, Pacific oyster (alt: Magallana gigas), pearl oyster (taxonomic: Pinctada margaritifera), pilgrim oyster (taxonomic: Pectinidae etc.), Portuguese oyster (taxonomic: Crassostrea angulata), prairie oyster, raccoon oyster, racoon oyster (taxonomic: Ostrea frons), rock oyster (alt: Saccostrea spp.), Rocky Mountain oyster, saddle oyster (alt: Placuna sella, Anomia), scalloped oyster, seed oyster, Spanish oyster (english: Pinnidae), spiny oyster (english: Spondylus), Sydney rock oyster (alt: Saccostrea glomerata, Anomia spp.), the world is one's oyster, the world is someone's oyster, thorny oyster (english: Spondylus), tree oyster (taxonomic: Pleurotus spp.), true oyster (taxonomic: Ostreidae gen. and spp.), vegetable oyster (taxonomic: Tragopogon porrifolius), Viennese oyster, Virginia oyster (taxonomic: Crassostrea virginica), Wellfleet oyster (taxonomic: Crassostrea virginica), windowpane oyster (english: Placuna placenta), woods oyster (taxonomic: Pleurotus ostreatus) Disambiguation of 'colour': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'food': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈɔɪstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔɪstəɹ/ [General-American], /ˈɔɪst͡ʃəɹ/ [Southern-American-English, regional] Audio: En-us-oyster.ogg [General-American] Forms: oysters [present, singular, third-person], oystering [participle, present], oystered [participle, past], oystered [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oystre}} Middle English oystre, {{der|en|ang|ostre}} Old English ostre, {{der|en|xno|oistre}} Anglo-Norman oistre, {{der|en|fro|oistre}} Old French oistre, {{m|fro|uistre}} uistre, {{m|fr|huître}} huître, {{der|en|la|ostrea}} Latin ostrea, {{der|en|grc|ὄστρεον}} Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon), {{dbt|en|ostro|t1=a purple dye}} Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} oyster (third-person singular simple present oysters, present participle oystering, simple past and past participle oystered)
  1. (intransitive) To fish for oysters. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Seafood Related terms: astragalus, bluepoint, carpetbag steak, clam, lungwort, mussel, Ostreidae, salsify, spat
    Sense id: en-oyster-en-verb-4ki7QirQ Disambiguation of Seafood: 2 9 30 2 1 0 12 15 29 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 10 6 3 3 0 26 27 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: erster (english: New York City and New Orleans), oister [obsolete], oystre [obsolete]

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      "taxonomic": "Crassostrea virginica",
      "word": "American oyster"
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      "word": "Chilean oyster"
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      "word": "Chincoteague oyster"
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      "word": "cockscomb oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
      "word": "common European oyster"
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      "word": "coon oyster"
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      "word": "feather oyster"
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      "alt": "Etheria spp.",
      "word": "fresh-water oyster"
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      "alt": "Pinctida maxima",
      "word": "gold-lip oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ulva lactuca",
      "word": "green oyster"
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      "word": "hammer oyster"
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    {
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      "alt": "Magallana hongkongensis",
      "word": "Hong Kong oyster"
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    {
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      "alt": "Saccostrea cucullata",
      "word": "hooded oyster"
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    {
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      "alt": "Magallana gigas",
      "word": "Japanese oyster"
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    {
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      "taxonomic": "Pleurotus eryngii",
      "word": "king oyster mushroom"
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    {
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea frons",
      "word": "mangrove oyster"
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    {
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      "alt": "Magallana gigas",
      "word": "Miyagi oyster"
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    {
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      "word": "mountain oyster"
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    {
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
      "word": "mud oyster"
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    {
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea lurida",
      "word": "Olympia oyster"
    },
    {
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      "word": "oyster ball"
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    {
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      "word": "oysterbank"
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    {
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      "word": "oyster bar"
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    {
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      "word": "Oyster Bay"
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    {
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      "word": "oyster bed"
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    {
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      "word": "oyster blade"
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    {
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      "word": "oyster blade steak"
    },
    {
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      "alt": "Haustrum scobina",
      "word": "oyster borer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "oyster cake"
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    {
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      "word": "Oyster card"
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      "taxonomic": "Haematopus spp.",
      "word": "oystercatcher"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "jhinuk",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ঝিনুক"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "istr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "strída",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стри́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ka.ma",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ကမာ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mel",
          "lang": "Central Melanau",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "tirem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "蠔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "hou⁴",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "蚝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "牡蠣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǔlì",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "牡蛎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "海蠣子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hǎilìzi",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "海蛎子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "蠔子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "háozi",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "蚝子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "蠔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "háo",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "蚝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "estren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostrica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostrice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ústřice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "østers"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "oester"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ostro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "auster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "osteri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "huître"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "post-1990 spelling",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "huitre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xamanc̣ḳa",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ხამანწკა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Auster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "streídi",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "στρείδι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "óstreon",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ὄστρεον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "têthos",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "τῆθος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "glukomarís",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γλυκομαρίς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "zwit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "kio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "צִדפָּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sīp",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "सीप"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śukti",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "शुक्ति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "osztriga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ostro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "tiram"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oisre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostrica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "alt": "かき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaki",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "牡蠣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaki",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "カキ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "alt": "しんじゅがい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinjugai",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "真珠貝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "kerang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ustrisa",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "устрица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kyɑɑng smǝt",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ខ្យងស្មិត"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ngiev",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ងាវ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ngiev samot",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ងាវសមុទ្រ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "kqr",
          "lang": "Kimaragang",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "kubili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gul",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "굴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ustritsa",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "устрица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "hǭi nāng lom",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ຫອຍນາງລົມ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "hǭi nāng lom",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ຫອຽນາງລົມ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostrea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "austere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "austrė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "zwit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "Auster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ostriga",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "острига"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "masajy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "tiram"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "muttuccippi",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "മുത്തുച്ചിപ്പി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ooastyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "tio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mic",
          "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "animate"
          ],
          "word": "mntmu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mic",
          "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "animate"
          ],
          "word": "tmtmu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "xpq",
          "lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "apon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xjasaa",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "хясаа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "mtf",
          "lang": "Murik (New Guinea)",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "kabaŋk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼígíí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼí íiyisígíí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hitre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "frr",
          "lang": "North Frisian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "Sylt"
          ],
          "word": "Skruk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "østers"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "østers"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ustra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gušmâhi",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "گوشماهی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostryga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stridie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ústrica",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "у́стрица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eisir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oisir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "каменица"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "оштрига"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kamenica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oštriga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "bellā",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "බෙල්ලා"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ustrica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostriga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wustrica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wustrica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ostron"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "talaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "güšmohī",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "гӯшмоҳӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "cippi",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "சிப்பி"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hɔ̌i-naang-rom",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "หอยนางรม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "múk",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "มุก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "istiridye"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ustrisa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ústrycja",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "у́стриця"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "unm",
          "lang": "Unami",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "sisawin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "śukti",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "شکتی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ustritsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "hàu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "hüit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plate mosse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llymarch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "wystrys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "bdr",
          "lang": "West Coast Bajau",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "tigom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "oester"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "oyster",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אויסטער"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ìsán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 16 2 2 1 16 38",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
          "word": "ukhwathu class 11/10"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪstəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪst͡ʃəɹ/",
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        "Southern-American-English",
        "regional"
      ]
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَحَار"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مَحَار"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strida",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стрида"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hou⁴",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "蚝"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "牡蠣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǔlì",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "牡蛎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "osteri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "huître"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auster"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "streídi",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στρείδι"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "óstreon",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὄστρεον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostrica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "かき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaki",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "牡蠣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaki",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "カキ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ustrisa",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "устрица"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gul",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "굴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostrea"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstriga",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstrigi",
      "sense": "food",
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "о́стриги"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼígíí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gušmâhi",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "گوشماهی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "oyster",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "اویستر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostryga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "marisco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "stridie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ústrica",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́стрица"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каменица"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kamenica"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ostron"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "hàu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "sò"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plate mosse"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "colour",
      "word": "osterinharmaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "colour",
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪstəɹ/",
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        "regional"
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      "taxonomic": "Crassostrea virginica",
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
      "word": "Belon oyster"
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      "alt": "Saxostrea gradiva",
      "word": "black-bordered oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Pinctada margaritifera",
      "word": "black-lip pearl oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea chilensis",
      "word": "bluff oyster"
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    {
      "word": "box oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea frons",
      "word": "bunch oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Pinctada vulgaris",
      "word": "Ceylon pearl oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea chilensis",
      "word": "Chilean oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Crassostrea virginica",
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      "alt": "Pycnodonta hyotis, Ostrea cristi-galli",
      "word": "cockscomb oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
      "word": "Colchester native oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
      "word": "common European oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea frons",
      "word": "coon oyster"
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    {
      "word": "corn oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea chilensis",
      "word": "dredge oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Crassostrea virginica",
      "word": "eastern oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
      "word": "edible oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
      "word": "European flat oyster"
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      "english": "Pteriidae",
      "word": "feather oyster"
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      "alt": "Etheria spp.",
      "word": "fresh-water oyster"
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    {
      "alt": "Pinctida maxima",
      "word": "gold-lip oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Ulva lactuca",
      "word": "green oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Malleus spp. etc.",
      "word": "hammer oyster"
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      "alt": "Magallana hongkongensis",
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      "alt": "Saccostrea cucullata",
      "word": "hooded oyster"
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    {
      "alt": "Magallana gigas",
      "word": "Japanese oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Pleurotus eryngii",
      "word": "king oyster mushroom"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea frons",
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      "alt": "Magallana gigas",
      "word": "Miyagi oyster"
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      "word": "mountain oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea edulis",
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea lurida",
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      "word": "Oyster Bay"
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      "word": "oyster bed"
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      "word": "oyster blade"
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      "word": "oyster blade steak"
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      "alt": "Haustrum scobina",
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      "word": "oyster cake"
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      "word": "Oyster card"
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      "taxonomic": "Haematopus spp.",
      "word": "oystercatcher"
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      "taxonomic": "Telfairia pedata",
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      "word": "oyster omelette"
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      "word": "oyster pink"
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      "word": "oyster pirate"
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      "taxonomic": "Tragopogon porrifolius",
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      "word": "oyster saloon"
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      "word": "oyster sauce"
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      "taxonomic": "Lepidosaphes ulmi",
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      "taxonomic": "Lepidosaphes ulmi",
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      "word": "oyster shooter"
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      "word": "oyster-tecture"
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      "english": "Batrachoididae",
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      "english": "Rhizophora",
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      "word": "oyster white"
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      "word": "oyster wife"
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    {
      "word": "oysterwoman"
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      "word": "oystery"
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      "alt": "Magallana gigas",
      "word": "Pacific oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Pinctada margaritifera",
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      "taxonomic": "Pectinidae etc.",
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      "taxonomic": "Crassostrea angulata",
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      "word": "prairie oyster"
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      "word": "raccoon oyster"
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      "taxonomic": "Ostrea frons",
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      "alt": "Saccostrea spp.",
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      "word": "Rocky Mountain oyster"
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      "alt": "Placuna sella, Anomia",
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      "word": "scalloped oyster"
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      "word": "seed oyster"
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      "english": "Pinnidae",
      "word": "Spanish oyster"
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      "english": "Spondylus",
      "word": "spiny oyster"
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    {
      "alt": "Saccostrea glomerata, Anomia spp.",
      "word": "Sydney rock oyster"
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    {
      "word": "the world is one's oyster"
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    {
      "word": "the world is someone's oyster"
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    {
      "english": "Spondylus",
      "word": "thorny oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Pleurotus spp.",
      "word": "tree oyster"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Ostreidae gen. and spp.",
      "word": "true oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Tragopogon porrifolius",
      "word": "vegetable oyster"
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    {
      "word": "Viennese oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Crassostrea virginica",
      "word": "Virginia oyster"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Crassostrea virginica",
      "word": "Wellfleet oyster"
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    {
      "english": "Placuna placenta",
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Pleurotus ostreatus",
      "word": "woods oyster"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/En-us-oyster.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "New York City and New Orleans",
      "word": "erster"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "oister"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "oystre"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "abe",
      "lang": "Abenaki",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "als"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "oester"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stridhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maḥār",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَحَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "esteredya",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "إسترديا"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maḥḥār",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "محار"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maḥār",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مَحَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ostre",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ոստրե"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "istridyə"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vústryca",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ву́стрыца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "jhinuk",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ঝিনুক"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "istr"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strída",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стри́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "ka.ma",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ကမာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "tirem"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hou⁴",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "蚝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "牡蠣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǔlì",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "牡蛎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "海蠣子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎilìzi",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "海蛎子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "蠔子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "háozi",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "蚝子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "háo",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "蚝"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estren"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ústřice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "østers"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oester"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ostro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "auster"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "osteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "huître"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "post-1990 spelling",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "huitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xamanc̣ḳa",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ხამანწკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auster"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "streídi",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στρείδι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "óstreon",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὄστρεον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "têthos",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "τῆθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "glukomarís",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γλυκομαρίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "zwit"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "kio"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "צִדפָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sīp",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "सीप"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śukti",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "शुक्ति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "osztriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ostro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "tiram"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oisre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostrica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaki",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "牡蠣"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaki",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "カキ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんじゅがい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinjugai",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "真珠貝"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "kerang"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ustrisa",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "устрица"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kyɑɑng smǝt",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ខ្យងស្មិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ngiev",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ងាវ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ngiev samot",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ងាវសមុទ្រ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kqr",
      "lang": "Kimaragang",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "kubili"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gul",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "굴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ustritsa",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "устрица"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hǭi nāng lom",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ຫອຍນາງລົມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hǭi nāng lom",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ຫອຽນາງລົມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostrea"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "austere"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "austrė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lou",
      "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "zwit"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "Auster"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ostriga",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "острига"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "masajy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "tiram"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "muttuccippi",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "മുത്തുച്ചിപ്പി"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ooastyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "tio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ],
      "word": "mntmu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ],
      "word": "tmtmu"
    },
    {
      "code": "xpq",
      "lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "apon"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xjasaa",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "хясаа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mtf",
      "lang": "Murik (New Guinea)",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "kabaŋk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "chʼosh yoołgai bitsʼaʼí íiyisígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Sylt"
      ],
      "word": "Skruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "østers"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "østers"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ustra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gušmâhi",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "گوشماهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostryga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stridie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ústrica",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́стрица"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oisir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каменица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оштрига"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kamenica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oštriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "bellā",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "බෙල්ලා"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ustrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostriga"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wustrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wustrica"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ostron"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "talaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "güšmohī",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "гӯшмоҳӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cippi",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "சிப்பி"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hɔ̌i-naang-rom",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "หอยนางรม"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "múk",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "มุก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "istiridye"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ustrisa"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ústrycja",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́стриця"
    },
    {
      "code": "unm",
      "lang": "Unami",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "sisawin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śukti",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شکتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ustritsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "hàu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "hüit"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plate mosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llymarch"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "wystrys"
    },
    {
      "code": "bdr",
      "lang": "West Coast Bajau",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "tigom"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oester"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oyster",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אויסטער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ìsán"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "mollusk — see also clam, mollusc, mussel",
      "word": "ukhwathu class 11/10"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "مَحَار"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strida",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стрида"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "蠔"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hou⁴",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "蚝"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "牡蠣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǔlì",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "牡蛎"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "osteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "huître"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auster"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "food",
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        "neuter"
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostrica"
    },
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      "alt": "かき",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kaki",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "牡蠣"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "food",
      "word": "カキ"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "ustrisa",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "устрица"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gul",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "굴"
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ostrea"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́стрига"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "food",
      "word": "گوشماهی"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "oyster",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "اویستر"
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      "sense": "food",
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      "word": "ostryga"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "marisco"
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      "sense": "food",
      "word": "stridie"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ústrica",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́стрица"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "каменица"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kamenica"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostra"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "food",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "food",
      "word": "hàu"
    },
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "food",
      "word": "sò"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "food",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "plate mosse"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "meat",
      "word": "sot-l’y-laisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meat",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Pfaffenschnittchen"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Pfaffenstückchen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "colour",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "colour",
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      "word": "ostra"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "person who keeps secrets",
      "word": "muuri"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zámknutyj čelovék",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "за́мкнутый челове́к"
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      "code": "es",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "astragalus"
    },
    {
      "word": "bluepoint"
    },
    {
      "word": "carpetbag steak"
    },
    {
      "word": "clam"
    },
    {
      "word": "lungwort"
    },
    {
      "word": "mussel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ostreidae"
    },
    {
      "word": "salsify"
    },
    {
      "word": "spat"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, Carolyn Ellis, Fisher Folk: Two Communities on Chesapeake Bay, University Press of Kentucky, page 77",
          "text": "Most Fishneck watermen oystered in winter, using the same small skiffs from which they potted crabs in summer. Sometimes two men oystered from the same boat or took along a son or younger brother to cull oysters (separate those of legal size from undersized ones and shell).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fish for oysters."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To fish for oysters."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪstə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪstəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪst͡ʃəɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-American-English",
        "regional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪstə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-oyster.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/En-us-oyster.ogg/En-us-oyster.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/En-us-oyster.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "New York City and New Orleans",
      "word": "erster"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "oister"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "oystre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oyster"
}

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