huître — meaning in English

English meaning

• oyster noun A soft-bodied shellfish that lives inside a hard, rough shell, often eaten raw and sometimes producing pearls.

Senses

huître is used for these senses in English:

• loogie (US, slang) A thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm.
• oyster The delicate oyster-shaped 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.

oyster — full definition

1. noun A soft-bodied shellfish that lives inside a hard, rough shell, often eaten raw and sometimes producing pearls.
2. adj A pale beige colour with hints of grey or pink, resembling the inside of an oyster shell.
3. verb To gather or fish for oysters.

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