seed oyster


noun
  1. a young oyster used in the cultivating and transplanting of an oyster bed.

Origin of seed oyster

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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British Dictionary definitions for seed oyster

seed oyster

noun
  1. a young oyster, esp a cultivated oyster, ready for transplantation

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