单词 | oysterling |
释义 | † oysterlingn. Obsolete. A young or small oyster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > young or small oysterling1852 set1881 1852 Westm. Rev. Jan. 46 How starts it forth into the world of waters? Not..in the shape of a minute, bivalved..oysterling. 1867 Times 15 Oct. 5/6 Not one of the young oysterlings of the previous summer's spat was known to have been killed by the cold weather or frost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1852 |
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