oyster shell

/ˌɔɪstər ʃɛl/
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Other forms: oyster shells

Definitions of oyster shell
  1. noun
    a shell of an oyster
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    type of:
    shell
    the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusk or a brachiopod
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