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Oyster vs Ouster - What's the difference?

oyster | ouster |

As nouns the difference between oyster and ouster

is that oyster is any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers while ouster is a putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.

As an adjective oyster

is of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

As a verb oyster

is to fish for oysters.

oyster

English

Alternative forms

* oystre (obsolete) * erster (New York City and New Orleans)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
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  • * 1731 , '', 1841, ''The Works of Jonathan Swift , Volume 2, page 344,
    • He was a bold man that first ate an oyster .
  • The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
  • A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
  • (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for oysters.

    • Derived terms

    * Belon oyster * eastern oyster * Olympic oyster * oyster bed * oyster crab * oyster cracker * oyster farm * oyster mushroom * oyster pink * oyster plant * oyster sauce * oyster shell scale * oyster white * oystercatcher * oysterman * oysters rockefeller * Pacific oyster * pearl oyster * pilgrim oyster * prairie oyster * seed oyster * Sydney rock oyster * the world is one’s oyster * thorny oyster * vegetable oyster

    See also

    * astragalus * bluepoint * carpetbag steak * clam * lungwort * mussel * Ostreidae * salsify * spat *

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    ouster

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ouster, oustre, a nominalization of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
  • (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
  • Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.

    • Etymology 2

    (oust)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who ousts.

    • Anagrams

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