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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small oyster, of species Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
2. 2
   A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
3. 3
   small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island wordnet
4. 4
   oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

blue point

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after Blue Point, New York

Etymology 2

From blue + point.

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