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Japanese oyster

American  

noun

  1. a commercial oyster, Ostrea gigas, of the Pacific coast of North America, introduced from Japan.


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Along the way, Wilbrink had pointed out a Japanese oyster, the outline of a flat fish on the sea’s bottom and squiggly lugworm castings.

From Washington Post Aug. 12, 2021

Japanese buoy with Japanese oyster Crassostrea gigas found floating ashore of Alsea Bay, Oregon in 2012.

From The Verge Sep. 28, 2017

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