ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Oysterhood

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Oysterhood is a noun meaning The state of being an oyster.

Meaning

The state of being an oyster.

Example Sentences

Only a miserable remnant of the oyster's progeny arrives at the stage of adult oysterhood.
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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oysterishness, pearldom, ooziness, whalehood, swinehood, otherhood.

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