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Japanese oyster

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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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