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Noun: Ostrea gigas
  1. A large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay
    - Japanese oyster

Type of: oyster

Part of: genus Ostrea, Ostrea

Nearest

Ostraciidae
ostracise
ostracism
ostracize
ostracod
Ostracoda
ostracoderm
Ostracodermi
Ostrava
Ostrea
Ostrea gigas
Ostreidae
ostrich
ostrich fern
Ostrogoth
Ostrya
Ostrya carpinifolia
Ostrya virginiana
Ostryopsis
Ostwald
Ostwald's theory of indicators