Oysterhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being an oyster. uncountable

    "It has been computed that two millions of these ciliated embryos may be produced by a single oyster, but few, comparatively speaking, grow up to oysterhood."

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"It has been computed that two millions of these ciliated embryos may be produced by a single oyster, but few, comparatively speaking, grow up to oysterhood."

Etymology

From oyster + -hood.

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